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Ramzi Iben Ammar, Moment of Water Sensation
I Don’t Know if I Want Kids
Shelby Lynn Lanaro


 ​̶I̶ ̶d̶o̶n̶'t̶ ̶k̶n̶o̶w̶ ̶i̶f̶ ̶I̶ ̶w̶a̶n̶t̶ ̶k̶i̶d̶s̶
̶b̶e̶c̶a̶u̶s̶e̶ ̶t̶h̶a̶t̶'s̶ ̶w̶h̶a̶t̶ ̶s̶o̶c̶i̶e̶t̶y̶ ̶e̶x̶p̶e̶c̶t̶s̶
̶o̶f̶ ̶m̶y̶ ̶u̶t̶e̶r̶u̶s̶, ̶m̶y̶ ̶b̶r̶e̶a̶s̶t̶s̶, ̶
̶m̶y̶ ̶s̶e̶x̶ ̶d̶r̶i̶v̶e̶.
̶I̶ ̶d̶o̶n̶'t̶ ̶k̶n̶o̶w̶ ̶i̶f̶ ̶I̶ ̶w̶a̶n̶t̶ ̶k̶i̶d̶s̶
̶b̶e̶c̶a̶u̶s̶e̶ ̶I̶ ̶h̶a̶v̶e̶ ̶F̶O̶M̶O̶ ̶
̶o̶n̶ ̶w̶h̶a̶t̶ ̶m̶y̶ ̶b̶o̶d̶y̶ ̶c̶a̶n̶ ̶d̶o̶
̶(̶o̶r̶ ̶a̶t̶ ̶l̶e̶a̶s̶t̶ ̶w̶h̶a̶t̶ ̶I̶ ̶t̶h̶i̶n̶k̶ ̶
̶m̶y̶ ̶b̶o̶d̶y̶ ̶c̶a̶n̶ ̶d̶o̶)̶.
̶I̶ ̶d̶o̶n̶'t̶ ̶k̶n̶o̶w̶ ̶i̶f̶ ̶I̶ ̶w̶a̶n̶t̶ ̶k̶i̶d̶s̶
̶b̶e̶c̶a̶u̶s̶e̶, ̶i̶f̶ ̶m̶y̶ ̶b̶o̶d̶y̶ ̶c̶a̶n̶ ̶c̶a̶r̶r̶y̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶m̶,
̶s̶o̶ ̶m̶a̶n̶y̶ ̶w̶o̶m̶e̶n̶'s̶ ̶b̶o̶d̶i̶e̶s̶ ̶c̶a̶n̶'t̶.
̶I̶ ̶d̶o̶n̶'t̶ ̶k̶n̶o̶w̶ ̶i̶f̶ ̶I̶ ̶w̶a̶n̶t̶ ̶k̶i̶d̶s̶
̶b̶e̶c̶a̶u̶s̶e̶ ̶I̶'m̶ ̶t̶i̶r̶e̶d̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶c̶o̶n̶s̶t̶a̶n̶t̶
̶q̶u̶e̶s̶t̶i̶o̶n̶s̶ ̶a̶s̶k̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶w̶h̶e̶n̶. ̶
̶I̶ ̶d̶o̶n̶'t̶ ̶k̶n̶o̶w̶ ̶i̶f̶ ̶I̶ ̶w̶a̶n̶t̶ ̶k̶i̶d̶s̶
̶b̶e̶c̶a̶u̶s̶e̶ ̶I̶ ̶w̶a̶n̶t̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶s̶e̶e̶ ̶m̶y̶ ̶m̶o̶t̶h̶e̶r̶
̶b̶e̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶i̶r̶ ̶g̶r̶a̶n̶d̶m̶o̶t̶h̶e̶r̶, ̶m̶y̶ ̶h̶u̶s̶b̶a̶n̶d̶
̶b̶e̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶i̶r̶ ̶f̶a̶t̶h̶e̶r̶. ̶
̶I̶ ̶d̶o̶n̶'t̶ ̶k̶n̶o̶w̶ ̶i̶f̶ ̶I̶ ̶w̶a̶n̶t̶ ̶k̶i̶d̶s̶
̶b̶e̶c̶a̶u̶s̶e̶ ̶I always assumed I would. 
I don’t know if ̶I̶ ̶w̶a̶n̶t̶ ̶k̶i̶d̶s̶
̶b̶e̶c̶a̶u̶s̶e̶ I want them or 
̶b̶e̶c̶a̶u̶s̶e̶ ̶I’ll regret not having them.

 
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