Birth Control

For Mother’s Day

I received 6 months

Of birth control.

Today would be

My father’s 63rd

Birthday.

I couldn’t imagine

Birthing a child,

Raising a child,

Loving a child–

Making a child happy,

Healthy, heroic.

So I popped for pills

On Mother’s Day,

One the next.

Repeat

Repeat

Repeat

Repeat

Repeat…

Retreat.