Highly Terrified About Contraceptives…

Jarrett

…And Therefore Became Pregnant. Teen pregnancies are on the rise for the first time since 1991. Here's the link to the New York Times report on the matter. A Heritage fellow, Valerie Huber, stated this teen pregnancy business is not a-cuz of abstinence-only education, dammit, "this is all part of a coordinated plan by historic opponents of abstinence education." An impressively swift reply to the report transmitted to us here on Earth via satellite from Amalthea, the third-closest moon to Jupiter, where Huber's recently taken up residence. Speaking of teen pregnancy, did you ever see The Education of Shelby Knox on PBS?

The text is from the poem “QUADRENNIAL” by Golden, reprinted with permission. It was first published in the Poetry Project. Inside front cover photo by Golden.
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