Written By: Mika Lai
The plus sign she did not anticipate.
She could not afford the cost of another one,
a permanent human to shape-
to help survive
She throws up.
Understanding what was about to come next
Gathering the frail green dollars, she drives away and pulls over at the nearest clinic
A tiny pea-like organism emptied out on a silver tray
Tears that signified her grief
Oh how she wished she were able to
Even more family-less than before
Alone.
Walking out,
Condemned by the people who understood nothing about her story
No. she now embodies the face of a “murderer”
Her next stop being the minimum wage 12 hour shift
And the next
And the next
Three days later she wakes up
to flashing blue-red
They barged in.
In front of her children
Metal bonds chained to her wrists,
also silver.
Now she sits on the wooden chair
Empty
Scared
Betrayed
A failed attempt to survive
That only led her to the opposite end.
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