The Fetal Position

YES SHE WAS IN THE FETAL POSITION FORGETTING ABOUT EVERYTHING EVEN HER SON NO ONE COULD SNAP HER OUT OF IT NOT EVEN HER MOTHER I WOULD WONDER WHEN SHE WAS GOING TO NOTICE HER SON IN THE OTHER ROOM WHILE SHE’S LYING THERE ON THE HALLWAY FLOOR CRYING AND SCREAMING OVER A MAN WHO DID NOT WANT HER OR HER SON? SHE’S TRYING TO DO ANYTHING TO KEEP THIS MAN SHE FORGOT ABOUT HER SON WHO WAS WATCHING HER LAY THERE IN THE FETAL POSITION YELLING HIS FATHER’S NAME HE JUST PEEPS IN THE LITTLE BOY’S ROOM AND WALKS BY AND SAYS TO HIM YOU SEE THIS WEAK TRICK DON’T YOU SORRY PIECE OF WORK HE’S FORGETTING THAT THE BABY MIND IS A SPONGE SO EVERY TIME HE YELLS OUT OBSCENITIES TO HIS MOTHER HE’S SOAKING IT ALL UP SHE HADN’T SHOWERED OR EATEN IN A FEW DAYS HE JUST THOUGHT OF HER AS NOTHING THE FETAL POSITION OR THE BABY WASN’T GOING TO KEEP HIM THERE BECAUSE HE WASN’T THE FATHER HE DIDN’T UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH THE BABY’S FACE LIT UP WHEN HE ENTERED THE HOME THIS IS A MESSAGE TO HER GET UP SHAKE IT OFF BECAUSE YOU’RE BETTER THAN THAT LOOK AT WHERE YOU COME FROM A WHOLE ARMY FULL OF BLACK BEAUTIFUL STRONG WOMEN WHO STUCK IT OUT AND SURVIVED THE BEST WAY THAT THEY COULD WHEN IT’S OVER IT’S OVER LIVE FOR YOUR CHILD BECAUSE HE’S WATCHING YOU IN THE FETAL POSITION