she walks into the smoky room
and no one turns a head
the room is full
no where to sit and rest her tiny body
and her little child she has come to kill today

she stands alone in the dirty room
no father for the unwanted child

in the corner sits a girl
barely old enough to conceive

at the counter is a man,
trying to dismiss his wife's screams
the room is full
all ashamed or hurt or unaware
that they will kill an unborn child today

© froG_pRinceSs 1999

* a mariestop is an illegal abortion clinic in nairobi, kenya,
for those of you who don't know and feel the need to ask*

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