with cramping belly
a woman moves slowly
leg by leg lifting
through high snow
falling indefinitely.
Stars burn in the sky.
Entering the rank
toilet enclosure
the woman squats
as she has done
all her life
in this village.
A baby releases.
Months earlier than expected.
Along with the poor meal
that constitutes daily life.
Each treachery somehow endured.
And when he comes home
blind drunk of her.
Susan Isla Tepper is a twenty year writer in all genres. Her most recent book, a Novel titled Hair Of A Fallen Angel, came out in the fall from Spuyten Duyvil Books, NYC. Tepper has also written 7 stage plays. Her third play titled EVA & ADAMO will present at The Tank, NYC, early fall. www.susantepper.com
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