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There is a special place in hell for women who do not help other women

A year ago this month. It’s two minutes past 2pm as I type this pseudo reflective pseudo honorary piece.

Am in a clinic ward. My 61- year-old grandma is sick, in medically induced sleep, has a drip in her vain. The hallway moves from busy to sparse. Mostly filled with women and their sick children. It’s mother’s day. A Sunday. I look up. The drip isn’t over. She purrs as a child. Sick. Asleep.

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