BASSACKWARDS

people would be dug up

their children would find them

if it is a good family

there will be hugs and tears

they would remember things

they would be wise

looking forward to the day they get to meet their parents.

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in the middle years

the children would move in

the children would begin shrinking

start taking on different interests

then they would think

"someday this will happen to me

I will start changing, learning

happens to us all…"

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still it is disturbing.

everyone is born

we get smaller and smaller

until, goodbye

but also amazing.

the way we know how to attach the cord

the way nature knows when to send it out

and suck the baby in

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