Everything they know
is to shoot her
right through the every inch of her skin
right through the every piece of her feeling
right through the every chunk of her childhood lingering
dream
——They don’t know
She cried
Because of the smudgy operating room
the painful bloody boom
the cracked baby skull in the womb
You know what
Marriage is suffering but not torturing
Abortion is an option but not a certainty
Fertility is an ability but not a responsibility