December - Frida Hyvönen

Oh you have played records all night long

You come straight from the club

When you pic me up at 6 in the morning

You smell of champagne and cigarettes!

I put on stockings and a dark green dress

And We’re off to the clinic

10 girls in a room one bed each

I wonder if I am the only one who feels

Like everyone’s staring at me

A nurse in the middle of the room

Informs us in a gentle Finnish accent

About the procedure

First they will sting us with the needle

Then we’ll fall asleep

Then one by one they’ll

Take us to the next room

Rid us of our little trouble

Our unwanted pregnancies!

And then we’ll wake up

You are the only man in the room

You’re by my side

When it’s my turn to get injection

You are sent outside

— We've had aproblem with boyfriends

They often faint if they see blood

The nurse explains

Just a few moments later I am sleeping

And if they exist the angels are weeping

And when I wake up

You get me a coffee

And a sandwich

And a kiss in wich

I can taste the last breath of our love

And I can taste you haven’t slept for centuries

And it’s time to walk into

Our own separate winters

Before we leave

The nurse takes us aside

And she tells the two of us

To take care of each other

I’m not sure if I remember this right

But I think that’s where we start to giggle

A relief in the grief