From the Corner Apartment Bathroom Window on the First Floor

A woman was crying
over a pregnancy test kit result –
one line –
considering her age
(she turned 42 last week),
over ten years married
and still childless

while from another bathroom window
one floor above

a woman was crying
over a pregnancy test kit result ––
two lines – –
considering her age
(she turns 22 next Tuesday),
unmarried
with four children
from three fathers.



*conceived circa Jan 2017
written 30 May 2019