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THE BABIES
The babies keep coming
coming
into the world
petals opening disgorging
disgorging.
Mouths to feed
feeding feeding
milk flowing.
They pile up
statistics
scream and kick
another matter of pride
to show off.
Tick one more box
box ticked move on
over the horizon the
petals are pulsing
and absorbing
disgorging.
The world blinks and is missed
w...
Friday 7th August 2015 9:32 pm
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