"Spouse in the House" by R. Lee Riley
Southern hospitality and Southern hostility—an inconvenient marriage.
R. Lee Riley earned his B.A. in Journalism and in early life recorded news, audio novels, and poetry for the national non-profit Radio Reading Services. Today he lives in Salisbury, NC and is a member of Winston Salem Writers. His writing is included in Flying South’s 2016 anthology, and he’s been featured on posters for Poetry in Plain Sight several years running. Lee has also been awarded Silver and Bronze medals for his winning poetry selections in Rowan County’s 2018 and 2019 Silver Arts Festival.