Advice to the Expectant Father
21 November 2008
Vol. 8, No. 4
poetry
Say the pelvis is untested, you're rookies,
the cervix ripening when the mucus plug
unglues. Beware a false labor. (All work,
no pay.) They will measure descent by plus
or minus from the zero station. Inform
your provider. Let inhale volume equal
exhale volume.