Future Generations Pass
Future Generations Pass
(Life of Martha and Gracie)
Martha started out, as a little girl, to understand her world
In an underworld, kept behind a wall forever, for her protection
The parents stuffed her in a burlap bag and beat her soundly
Kept her safe, around for now, behind the barrier enclosure
Her crime was “being bad”
Guilty at the time of birth
Before that, she was accused of being slow
Obviously she must be cursed
Not coming out of mom on schedule
The mother took care of that by pushing hard
It solved that problem, as the doctor pulled the infant out
Beat the little girl into the world, though she was upside down
By age seven she broke down the wall of silence and escaped
She tore through every barrier that stood as an impediment
One day she grew older and married Buddy from next door
Got pregnant, named her daughter Gracie
She saved the burlap bag that she was stuffed in as a baby
Gave it to her daughter who wears it proudly
Gracie gets her beatings every day as well and smiles
Stays behind a wall without complaint, which was her style
She too understands her world and wonders
Plots an escape to live her way on her own terms
To one day make a baby just like herself and have a home
Complete with walls and burlap bags that guarantee
A future where the family name will carry on the same
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