Sarah Scott Journalist

For all the women on the contraceptive pill.

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We meet daily at 9am.

It makes you more effective.

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You give me choices.

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I choose to protect my body

from a life sentence so young.

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99% effective.

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You don’t protect from STIs or boys that break hearts.

You give me choices, little pill

And you hold no judgement

But you come with baggage

And stigma

You make me cry like no boy has

You make my tits sore

You make me emotionally drained

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Some can’t take you

Some don’t believe you do good

Some call you ‘depression pill’

And some forget you