The Women Who Caught The Babies by Eloise Greenfield; Daniel Minter

Author:Eloise Greenfield; Daniel Minter
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Alazar Press
Published: 2019-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

The grandmother called

the men and children

into the room. The father spoke.

“Our first child born

into freedom,” he said.

He knelt and prayed,

the others repeating

after him.

“Thank you, Lord Jesus.

Thank you for this new day,

so long in coming, this

freedom for all of us,

and especially for our

children. Amen. Amen.”

THE EARLY 1900s

She waited, not allowing herself

to sleep too deeply.

She knew it was almost time,

that someone would come for her,

if not tonight, then one day

or one night very soon.

She would have to leave quickly.

The baby would not wait.

She had already packed her things,

her stethoscope, her scales

for weighing the baby, and

everything she would need.

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