a title by Nikki Blak
suppose we gave babies information and let them vote
is this the world you want to grow up in?
suppose there are better options
and they could wait a spell
for one of those
there would still be babies adventurous enough
yeah, I’ll take that on, sounds like a challenge
the smarter babies and the more timid
would surely wait for one of the safer worlds
worlds we can’t even imagine
worlds in which if you’re born the odds are in your favor
you’ll likely grow up unscathed, unbroken, unscarred
so only the kids who think they’re tough
show up here for the hurdles
they grin and take on defects, diseases, and distresses
unprepared parents, schools that teach them nonsense
disciplines that tell them not to fight
then send them off to war
earthquakes, hurricanes, typhoons, and politicians
and our own predilection for mayhem and torture
and those of us who make it past sixty-five or so
and happen to remember we chose to come here
can grin defiance at any so-called creator
we made it, you rotten bastard
we made it and we’re proud
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