Her photo is on the back page of the local
paper. She is a young, attractive woman
a mother of four, the caption adds. Beside her
another woman, her best friend. On the front page
a headline: Killing domestic in nature: Police.
And the quote that it is only a "homicide incident
domestic in nature". Nothing to see here, a life
snuffed out. But the public need not be overly
concerned is the message; no general threat looms.
No word of the arrested, the live-in boyfriend
who might or might not have fathered any of those
children. Testimonial from tearful friend how
cheerful and good-natured, a perfect mother she
was. A crowd-funding campaign will go forward.
Nothing to see here, a life snuffed out. An event
so common anywhere in the world, the reader
sighs, turns the page, pours another cup of coffee.
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