ANNE BABSON

SAINT JULIAN PRESS POET

BEHOLD, A VIRGIN SHALL CONCEIVE

 

“Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive,

and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.” –– Isaiah 7:14

 

“Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall

call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.”  –– Matthew 1:23

 

A rough shift this evening, darlin’!  I worked graveyard again.

This girl came in.  Was she even fourteen?  Pregnant.

She claimed she had never done a dang thing that would

Get a girl in trouble.  She barely knew about

Birds and bees.  So young, sweet really!  I told her all

Her options.  She’s keeping it.  She says she has a

Boyfriend who’ll help out – so she hopes.  Thank God

Parental notification isn’t required

In this state!  She thinks her father already knows.

I bet he does, the bastard!  What those girls go through!

Sure didn’t come from the right side of the tracks, but

She had this air about her, kind of elegant.

Nothing I said scared her.  They most times cry.

She was – how can I explain it – expecting joy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Behold, A Virgin Shall Conceive” appeared in

14 Magazine in the UK.

Anne Babson © 2019

 

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