Adamantine, obdurate, stubborn,
cherishing the shards
of yesterday's discord,
they smoulder in separate rooms.
Stiff-backed,
one tries to read the paper.
Vertiginous words disassemble,
she is still spinning with anger.
Schismatic, dissident, rebellious,
the fractured sounds have
power to soothe and
rock the daughter to calm.
Laser-softened,
contrite, her touch pierces
maternal armour,
declares truce with a kiss.
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