Springfield, MO, where people wear
“Let’s Go Brandon” shirts to their doctor’s office,
where an anti-Vicky Hartzler ad tries
to paint her as too left to represent her district.
Our square, which has a sordid past itself,
was filled with Abortion Rights activists
on a sun-filled Saturday morning.
After not one person showed up at 5pm
outside our courtroom
the day after that supreme court leak.
I show up early,
find a shady spot of grass
and read a book of poetry
not far from an older woman
who had the same idea,
the square fills up around us.
Through the crowd I spot
an elderly woman sitting in her lawn chair,
a white sign with black block lettering
propped up by her chair,
I Remember
A trio of young women fill in beside me.
One holds a white sign,
My Rights As A Woman > Studying For Finals
I drive home choosing the route
that would take me by our local
Planned Parenthood,
where you cannot obtain an abortion, now adorned
with a baby blue sign and white lettering,
Still Here
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