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A Mother’s Time Out
A Brief Poem
1 min readSep 12, 2019
Standing alone
in the dimly lit kitchen
leaning on the messy counter
eating waffles
in peace
and silence
Until ….
— “Mom! Where are you?”
Jenny Justice is a mom, Sociology instructor, and writer. You can follow her on Medium and at Jenny Justice, Writer. She has been recognized as a Top Writer on Medium in Poetry, Parenting, Reading, Education, Books, Racism, Feminism and Climate Change, so far. You can follow her poetry at Justice Poetic.