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      July 17, 2018If Men CouldAlida Rol

      After the birth, after you believe
      the baby will live, you offer your
      breast to the rosebud mouth
      and thank some goddess for
      the latch and your faith in
      thick first milk. Some nights
      are hard and sleepless, days
      too, but milk is the arrow
      in your quiver, the one thing
      you have made for this wailing
      child that can quiet her and
      feed her feral hunger. Never
      let anyone tell you the milk is
      not good enough, that men
      in labs can do better. Their
      milk may be the color
      of sweet cream, but
      by light of day it turns
      a bilious green and curdles
      with greed and envy.

      from Poets Respond

      Alida Rol