WITH CHILD <br /> <br />She was still just a <br />kid...having a kid. A child <br />carrying a child. <br />And next year...pregnant again <br />breeding her own misery. <br /> <br />******* <br /> <br />BEARING IT <br /> <br />Baby held over <br />her left shoulder...asleep now. <br />Trail of puke down back <br />belly full-blown with next one <br />bruise badly hidden with make up.<br /><br />Dónall Dempsey<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/kid-about-it-tankas/