Birth control <br />in 1970’s Egypt <br /> <br />somehow <br />fails. <br /> <br />Village women <br />taking to wearing <br /> <br />the pill <br />in a locket <br /> <br />around <br />their necks <br /> <br />as a <br />talisman.<br /><br />Dónall Dempsey<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/hard-pill-to-swallow/