Why try to say it any better than it has already been said?
lightning crashes, a new mother cries
her placenta falls to the floor
the angel opens her eyes
the confusion sets in
before the doctor can even close the door
lightning crashes, an old mother dies
her intentions fall to the floor
the angel closes her eyes
the confusion that was hers
belongs now to the baby down the hall
Why try to say it any better than it has already been said? lightning crashes, a new mother cries her placenta falls to the floor the angel opens her eyes the confusion sets in before the doctor can even close the door lightning crashes, an old mother dies her intentions fall to the floor the […]
As it turns out it matters how and when we mark our birth. I am a living breathing human being born alive and yet legal fictions make the claim I am lost at sea with no life. I state, for the record, that I exist alive from the moment my mother and father’s genetic material […]
