I got pregnant
my second year of college
and Michael said
we should have the baby. And
when I told him
about the sad history
of the women
in my family, that I
was terrified,
he would not listen to me.
I relented,
carried to term and died while
giving birth to
a baby girl. And now he
raises her and
they all say how he’s selfless,
honorable,
and that the whole story is
a tragedy
But he knows, and I know that
he killed me as
sure as if he’d cut my throat.