Man's Choice

There is a baby.
It will grow - it must unless
it can't.
It is incubated now
inside the womb of
a woman.
She is breathing - she must unless
she can't.
She sits on a rolling bed
in an open-backed hospital gown.
A doctor
walks into the room and places
his hand on
her arm
"I'm sorry.
You or
the baby
survives.
Not both."
There is a man
in the room, sitting next to
the woman with the baby.
He will choose - he must unless
he can't.
One in the room dies
the only question:
who?