Termination Birth

Termination Birth

by jeremy wyatt

So many lies from her to me
please don't tell him I'm pregnant
I was raped she told the clinic
and me
the baby seems big for three months.....
but clinics get money for this
and charities give grants
they don't ask too many questions
6 hrs crying and screaming
till they chopped it up and sucked it through
a young doctor panicking
haven't destroyed one this big before have you you s**t
took a long hooked thing to really mess the wee thing up
I saw it's dead eyes in the pan
her dead eyes
half-open and in a silent scream
where is the f*****g dad? The nurse whispered..
somewhere stoned, I said, I'm just her pal.
Dad didn't want a small thing in his life
my hands bled from her nails
and this felt right
my heart bled despair for her and the mess in the pan
took her home in a taxi suspicious eyes on us, huddled smelling of sweat and blood, no clean-up
she wanted to stay as soiled as she felt

Year later in another room
couldn't pee she wouldn't let me leave her
got a urinary infection holding on
longer this time
thirteen hours of pain and fright
no-one seemed to care again
on a trolly in the cold where is the magic
where is the f*****g dad? A nurse whispered..
somewhere stoned, I am just her pal.
twisting my hands
she bit my face wanting a kiss as she pushed so hard
the midwife dropped him halfway up her belly
I dragged him to her face
let go the doctor shouted
told him to shut up or f**k off
got yellow baby s**t and blood in my mouth
wanted doctor blood too
tasted sweet somehow tasted of alive
took 83 sedatives that night  her sister found me in ICU
hard to die swap me for the wee dead one
I'm fucked she would have been special saw her face

She would have been 14 yrs old today

Jan 17

Author's Note

My old pals will know this one, wrote it when I was way down, not in that bad place at the moment, a salutary reminder for me.....

Reviews

[Chris Smith Welshpoetcs]

Hits hard, strong and too the point.