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There's no peanut butter to
put in the cream of wheat

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for dinner, and the food
stamps won't come till Monday.

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I've searched the
ashtray for butts

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as the diapers soak
in the bathtub.

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The baby makes waking noises
from our makeshift bed

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on the floor in the corner.

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I stumble over and
lie down beside her,

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put her to my breast.

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The sun beams through
the window and ignites

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her tiny black irises.

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I close my eyes as she latches
on, that white river surging

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inside my flesh.

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"OK, OK," I say,
and open my eyes

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to the light streaming in
from the outside world.

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