Baby's Time Above Ground


              A baby is born
                from a comfy womb torn

              Many years later the baby dies
                 put into the earth with maggots and flies

              In the time above ground
                  baby has ‘his day in the sun’
Copyright © | Year Posted 2026

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Crandall Avatar
June 17, 2026 at 1:31 PM
haha, yup, that's how it goes!
Rodrigues Avatar
June 15, 2026 at 9:27 PM
A bit morbid but interesting too…
Etgen-Baker Avatar
June 15, 2026 at 4:24 PM
not quite sure how to respond.....thinking
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