Caren Krutsinger Poet Prose Poetry

So It Is the Flu Right

In 1973 I had flu-like symptoms and they were not getting any better.
My husband was insisting that I go to the doctor, but a doctor is expensive.
I tried to tough it out, but I finally broke down.
My husband came home for lunch from his grocery store job.
He said, “So it is the flu, right?”
I said “No, I am having a baby.”
My husband was horrified.
He said to me “We already HAVE a baby!”
The baby was grinning at him from the highchair at the end of the table.
“I know, “I told him. “And now we are getting another one.”
He said, “How did you let that happen?”
I had no words.

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Kim Rodrigues May 14, 2022 at 7:32 PM LOL! …ahem, how did you let that happen. Caren Krutsinger May 14, 2022 at 10:45 PM Right?

L Milton Hankins May 14, 2022 at 10:23 AM Oh, my, how I hope this is not a true story, for I can't imagine Joe saying that! How did YOU let that happen? OFGS! As though his penis had nothing to do with it! (excuse me) But I'm so angry that the powers that be want to regulate a woman's womb. All pregnancies begin with a PENIS! Let's see them try to regulate it! Ha! Caren Krutsinger May 14, 2022 at 10:45 PM This is a TOTALLY true story!