Spring's Promise
| A spotted damsel | |||
| lies | |||
| in whelp | |||
| The dark | |||
| of night | |||
| prevails | |||
| Fecund | |||
| mother | |||
| of all life | |||
| Whispers in her ear: | |||
| "Now, | |||
| you shall | |||
| not die." | |||
| Quintessence of | |||
| her being, | |||
| Her genes, | |||
| locked | |||
| In these | |||
| squalling, | |||
| scrabbling, | |||
| selfish | |||
| Exudates | |||
| of life. | |||
| She will | |||
| nourish, | |||
| defend | |||
| With all | |||
| her strength | |||
| Maternal love | |||
| unbounded. | |||
| Our father's God, | |||
| less kind | |||
| than Pan. | |||
| Our children's | |||
| children | |||
| May begin, | |||
| end | |||
| their lives | |||
| Within | |||
| a plastic bag. | |||
| First rays | |||
| of sun | |||
| Outside | |||
| the lilies | |||
| bloom. |