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there's nothing in the water
by Nanette BellmanIn every checkout line,
to the left and the right of me,
Are magazines
Plastered with Britney Spears face
and how she's pregnant
With an illegitimate lovechild
of someone's, who knows?
But they say the third time a charm
So when they take baby #3 away
Maybe she'll get her shit together
And in front of and behind me
In the same checkout line
Are girls, with bulging bellies of new life,
still wet behind the ears,
who hung their every hope
on the promises
of a future dead beat dad,
buying their milk and juice
and let's not forget the cheese
And here I stand
with a cart of cat food and Diet Pepsi
as well as other things I don't need
pondering if I don't drink the same
or don't drink enough
because I've heard it's in the water lately. 12/17/2007 Posted on 12/17/2007
Copyright © 2024 Nanette Bellman
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