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For regular women like me
it’s possible to set an alarm
on any computer to remind
what day is most likely
what day is a bit late
what date is too late
Counting, getting to plus five
and no blood; we have been there,
regulars and irregulars
worrying
keeping silences
the want to be mothers
the can’t be mothers
the victims of others
the girl I knew
had to go to Mexico
and came back bloodied
sick and sterile
rocking in a chair
with her teddy bear
that was a long time ago
and women keep on counting
Tricia Knoll was a young woman before Roe v. Wade. She saw first hand the disintegration of a wonderful woman from a butchered abortion. Tricia Knoll is a Portland, Oregon poet.