The Suit By Can Themba Updated Today
And here is the gut-punch. As neighbors gather to mourn, one of them asks, “What killed her?”
Philemon looks at the corpse, then at the empty chair, and whispers: the suit by can themba
Instead of beating his wife or throwing the lover’s clothes away, Philemon devises a uniquely sadistic punishment. He forces Matilda to treat that suit as a living guest. She must set a place for it at the dinner table. She must talk to it. She must take it for walks. She must pour tea for it. And here is the gut-punch
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