Why are you writing about bugs?
I’m startled until I see/read
title page from printer clutched
in his twelve-year-old fist.
How do I explain/define
a term I only learned
when I was twelve?
Did not know/understand
it had a name; that it
happened to other girls.
He’s so much younger/innocent
than I ever was, a fact of triumph
in my maternity.
Instead, I changed/edited
title to no longer read, incest
to avoid answering.
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Good one.
It fits the space so firmly. Thank you for your writing!
I didn’t see that ending coming! Well done.