For example

I wonder how to live now 
that I'm not a wife.

For example, I needn't say,

Art, I'll be back at four. 

Nor need I return at four.

I needn't return by five

or six or really ever now

that I'm not a wife.

I won't be talking anymore.

For example, when I wake,

I make coffee, watch the news, 

dress and check the mail, 

all this and more

without a single word. 

And all the chores 

are mine now. 

That hammer on his desk?

It's mine though I could 

easily miss the nail.

 

And if I scream 

not a soul would hear 

now that I'm not a wife.