Rallentanda

Rallentanda

Sunday, February 26, 2012

The Modern Way



privacy
not needed
anymore
unlike
the animal world
for birthing

an audience
causes great distress
to our furry brothers
and
me

outmoded me
of basic instinct
and controversy

the modern ways
of humans
are mostly
alien
to all of my
sensibilities

sometimes I question
my humanity in
the modern context

calling
calling
is there
another ET
out there?

6 comments:

  1. She probably had prepared to have her baby this way and trained for it. I don't think these are casual bystanders with her but hubby and trained helpers? Each to his own, just do it your way.

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  2. Very poignant....I think it is good to sometimes compare ourselves with our animal friends...there is so much similarity. Thank you for this...beautifully written!
    xxx

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  3. 'I'm right here'..sob..made me think of Sylvia's line also..'the peanut crunching crowd'..Jae ;)

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  4. Arrrrgh....you're a clever little bunny Jaerose
    'picking worms off me like sticky pearls';)

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  5. we love spectacle. i love this scribble.

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  6. I enjoyed this poem, and can certainly relate.

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