Son of a Bitch

by garrie keyman

he slipped away
as smoothly
as he had slipped from my womb
when he had shot out
slick and flailing
small fists
cocked defiantly
at a world into
which he had
reluctantly
come

they never told me
to stop pushing
so by fourteen
he was completely
out of sight




garrie keyman lives in Lititz, Pennsylvania, where she writes online columns for www.LititzPA.com (Lititz With a Twist) and www.TyrannosaurusPress.com (the Illuminata webzine's KeyCOMMentary). keyman, a former police officer and 17-year veteran of the fire service who fought forest fires in Utah, Idaho, and Florida, is now a novelist seeking literary representation for her adult fantasy series. Her work has appeared in many online and print publications, including GRIT magazine, AbsoluteWrite.com, Blogcritics.com, and BoomerWomenSpeak.com. keyman's writing appears in the newly released poetry anthology Cosmic Brownies (Sun Rising Poetry Press) and in the poetry anthology Reach of Song (Georgia Poetry Society). Audio production of two of keyman's stories will also be available soon from www.tellyouatale.com. garrie loves to hear from readers.