One by Crossan Sarah

Author:Crossan, Sarah [Crossan, Sarah]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781408829462
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2015-06-12T07:00:00+00:00

has been divided

since I met him.

Expensive

Aunty Anne has had a baby—

a boy weighing in at seven pounds, two ounces.

I’m sure my aunt is thinking,

Oh God,

how on earth

will I ever pay for

all the food and clothes and college bills?

And sixteen years ago my parents were no different

except they

knew

they would never be able to pay

for everything we needed

and would

have to make do with

handouts from well-wishers

if they ever wanted to eat again.

‘Babies are worth every cent,’

Mom tells her sister on the phone,

opening a bill from Dr Murphy

and inspecting the balance

at the bottom.

But I’m not sure.

I’m not sure how much

lives like ours are

worth to the real world

and especially

to the insurance company which,

every day,

queries our need

for so much healthcare.

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