Another Baby

A free-verse poem

Photo by Gayatri Malhotra on Unsplash

You want another scoop of this sundae
when I know I’d have nothing left for myself?
That’s fine.

But you want another baby
while I’m still collecting the smithereens of my disordered life?
No, that’s not fine.

All you snitchers,
I don’t care if my womb makes it to your headlines or if I become the theme of your kitty parties.

I ain’t giving you another baby.

©Kavya Janani. U

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