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She lies on their bed,
still dressed. She tells him.
that in this country,
if—a big if—
the penis and clitoris
are private parts,
the uterus is not.
“My womb,” she explains,
patting her abdomen,
“is public domain,
one of millions of reserves
set aside to attest
to some people’s belief
that any fetus
has more sanctity
than any mother.”
She rubs her brow.
“Gives me a headache.”
William Aarnes lives and writes in South Carolina.