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minutes since he was almost asleep. Since he bit me. My nipple still aches.</p><p id="92f6">While dad takes a turn, I read the news. Hurricanes & Wildfires. Police shootings & Protests. Oh, don’t forget about the Pandemic.</p><p id="472a">But my baby won’t sleep. And the dog still growls at him. What is a priority? How am I supposed to give any of these issues the atte

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ntion they deserve?</p><p id="71b4">I heard recently that the country could be on the verge of another civil war. That image has stuck with me.</p><p id="19cb">I have no guns. No way to defend my home. My son. We’d die pretty quickly.</p><p id="641a">But first, I need him to sleep.</p><p id="b8b5"><i>words 10 months postpartum photo 16 months postpartum</i></p></article></body>

Civil war

a poem about priorities

Photo by the author, Lori and Erin Photography

It’s 9:30pm and my baby is wide awake. It’s been 45 minutes since he was almost asleep. Since he bit me. My nipple still aches.

While dad takes a turn, I read the news. Hurricanes & Wildfires. Police shootings & Protests. Oh, don’t forget about the Pandemic.

But my baby won’t sleep. And the dog still growls at him. What is a priority? How am I supposed to give any of these issues the attention they deserve?

I heard recently that the country could be on the verge of another civil war. That image has stuck with me.

I have no guns. No way to defend my home. My son. We’d die pretty quickly.

But first, I need him to sleep.

words 10 months postpartum photo 16 months postpartum

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