Pronouns
by Penny Lew
She
was bringing another baby
into this world.
into this family.
As things eventually fell apart,
hindsight told her that they
were trying to glue things together
long before understanding
that anything was broken. They
were rationalizing her choices,
justifying his,
fooling themselves,
pretending,
believing all was well.
She
was bringing another baby
into this world.
into this family.
she.
Not they.
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