{"id":2868,"date":"2016-10-20T19:49:58","date_gmt":"2016-10-21T00:49:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/?p=2868"},"modified":"2017-11-25T19:25:50","modified_gmt":"2017-11-26T00:25:50","slug":"laura-gregory-labor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/?p=2868","title":{"rendered":"Laura Gregory: &#8220;Labor&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"tb f5\">Laura Gregory<\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"tb f5\"><span class=\"tx\" style=\"color: #800000;\">Labor<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"tb f5\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tb f5\"><span class=\"tx\">It occurs to me after fifty-four hours<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"tx f139\">when I\u2019m kneeling on a flimsy hospital pillow<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"tx\">with my cheek pressed into a vinyl chair<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"tx\">that the two midwives sit side-by-side<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"tx\">on the edge of the empty soaking tub chatting<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"tx\">about their dogs with their ankles crossed<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"tx f139\">because they don\u2019t see anyone<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tb f5\"><span class=\"tx\">in need of help.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tb f5\"><\/div>\n<p><code>\u00a0<\/code><\/p>\n<div class=\"tb f5\"><strong><span class=\"tx f26\">Laura Gregory<\/span><\/strong><em><span class=\"tx\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"tx f139\">is pretty sure she\u2019s not highbrow enough to write poetry, but she does it anyway.<\/span><\/em><\/div>\n<p><code>\u00a0<\/code><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Laura Gregory Labor It occurs to me after fifty-four hours when I\u2019m kneeling on a flimsy hospital pillow with my cheek pressed into a vinyl chair that the two midwives sit side-by-side on the edge of the empty soaking tub chatting about their dogs with their ankles crossed because they don\u2019t see anyone in need [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}},"_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0},"categories":[9],"tags":[324],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.5 - 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