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Life.

How do you tell anyone

that the baby you have inside

is the son or daughter

of a man with a wife?

 

You don’t.

You take the bus or the train

to a grey building and you

ignore the names and yelling

and you sign the forms and

close your eyes.

 

You don’t tell anyone.

Except him.

 

And he has the ***** to tell you

it was a good thing you knew

what to do without him.

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Written by
lizabeth-1
Published
Oct 27, 2015
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Inspired by "Breathe (2a.m.)"

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