Don’t forget the lists of everything
To be best prepared to raise a child
We consume to show our knowledge
Today I saw another headline of nuclear war
Threats of eternal obliteration
But take solace in this sheet
so neatly typed into google
So I can be advertised to
For eco conscious, bleach free baby diapers made of hemp
And plant based baby formaula
From the laundry list of moral decay
On the children of Palestine
And all those who came before
How those closest to me can rationalize the death of children
For their own “protection”
And expect me to play the part of unassuming
I heard a man, close to me, blood relative refer to a 24 week old fetus as an embryo
In his incorrect terminology
To realize how distant most are from a basic understanding of care
how much knowledge a mother is expected to silently retain on behalf of her young
and all the others around her
What of those silent deaths
The names of children, fetus and embryos
That will never know the taste of bread
Of the feeling of a warm bed
The love of a parent, uncle or aunt sibling, grandparent neighbor teacher
But some, I have surmised
Holds limitless multitudes
It seems so hard for most
is as equally complex as their own
Those whose suffering endures at our hands
humans with life and desire to love
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