In 2008, women who are African-American and in jail – and are pregnant – give birth on a cold, hard, surface in chains. I wrote this poem after reading the 1TBM post about the European-American woman who was searched by the police. This poem came to mind as I read her post.
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This is: “ain’t I..?”
Mule
Whore
Invalid
…push …
…push…
Blood oozing from her wrist
Tears running down her chest
Earth tremors
Ah!
!
!
!
!
filthy walls
Filthy voices
Filthy hands
Beautiful baby born
I cry for you mama
I’m sorry mama
Mama! Help me…
Mama? Where are you?
Mama - come back to me…
“injection”
“scalpel”
“hold her”
“I said hold her!”
“We’re losing her sir…”
First at Six tonight:
John McCain wins the nomination
Citi bank reports record profits
And later, our feature report-
The new homebirthing craze sweeping the nation.
“inmate 0983 deseased at 0900hours”
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