O Aphrodite,
Grecian fertility goddess
Matriarch idol of the womb,
your wise children love not reproducing
— Ancient Zion chant
heard in the echo chambers
of the caverns along the Aegean sea
Dwindling cries, dashed on the rocks
in luxurious maternity wards,
are slowly dying
The first joyous tear burst of life ...
alas, increasingly are less and less heard,
much too infrequently
The Garden of Eden...
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