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"If no one will tell you, beloved,
listen now—your love won't save anyone.
But damn it, try anyway.
If anything, save yourself. If nothing,
then, yes, nothing."
-"Instructions for Temporary Survival"
Read Monica's latest essay, "Self-Defense Posture," in the anthology, So Heavy a Weight: Creative Writers on Women's Reproductive Health edited by Stephanie Vessly.