Picasso

by Laura Williamson

There are many ways to withstand a marriage - she tried “it could be worse” for a long time. To this end, she taped a printout of Picasso’s Guernica to the wall above her computer. When doubt crept in, she would look at those sorry figures, arms stretched to the sky. Were they praying? Begging the bombers to stop? Does it matter?

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Laura Williamson is a Canadian writer based in New Zealand.