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LITTLE FOETUS

When she told me about you, I wasn’t too thrilled, I admit.
But when she showed me that ultrasound scene, little foetus, I fell in love.
Little fingers, little toes, big ol’ scrambled eyes...
You were so hot.
I knew we were meant to be together.
When we make love -- she and I – it's always you that I'm thinking of.
“You don’t mind that I’ve gotten so big?” she always asks.
I just smile, squeeze you both, and love you all the more.
Oh, little foetus, to be near you, to be so close, yet separated by a thin layer of skin... I think of the knives in the kitchen, and...
I know our love’s not meant to be. I know we have far too little time together, before you get out, grow up, become a little girl or --
Wait. Hold on. Could it be? Is it possible? Might you be...
a boy?

I may be sick.