Saturday, February 13, 2016

baby in orange

the inmate, a women garbed
in an orange
maternity jump suit
comes in to the hospital.
three guards beside her.
guns on their hips.
she's in labor.
the water has broken.
they take her to a birthing
room, and she delivers
a ten pound baby
girl. the baby screams.
already angry.
the guards put her in
cuffs. wrap her in an
orange blanket.
read her her rights.
it will be a life long
sentence.

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