Unwanted

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“Shh! Don’t even think that!” Why not?
“Because a fetus can feel things, and remember them.”
Well, I don’t want it. Besides, it’s better that it gets
Used to the hard cold realities of life! He'll find out
Anyway that if he is not too tall, he will be rejected
By the basketball team. If he is not too smart; he
Will not be accepted into an Ivy League school.


“You’re a cold bitch.” I am merely pragmatic…
And realistic. If he works hard to build a home and
Family, that still won’t be insurance on becoming
The unwanted. If he gives his heart full of deep
Love, and yearning, there’s a good chance that love
Won’t be reciprocated. And if per chance it is, there’s
No guarantee that it...will last a lifetime.


If he is too strange and does not conform to the “norm,”
Or refuses to play along…he will be ostracized, harassed,
And ridiculed. He is sure to cultivate a plethora of enemies,
And he sure won’t be promoted in the hierarchy of things.
And when he grows too old and feeble; he will then
Become a nuisance, as evidenced by those twin girls
Who heartlessly starved their diabetic mother.


If his skin's too dark, and he does not comply too easily,
Some may conspire to annihilate him in stealthy
Expediency, so that it is then blamed onto someone else.
If he does not accumulate much wealth; there’s a
good chance that he will be kicked to the curb as
soon as someone richer, or more handsome comes her way.
He’d better get a grip, on how the world works today.


We are a society with ingrained belief in consumption.
It's what makes the world-go-'round. We get in heavy
Debt to buy brand name stuff -- stuff we don't really
Need. Then the old stuff becomes the unwanted, and
Easily discarded. Same goes for friends, lovers, and
Relatives. It is easier to start with fresh ones, while
Hiding the less sparkling aspects of our person to them.


So don’t look at the world through rose-colored
Glasses kid, for you are sure to fall flat on your face,
And drink a cocktail mixed with crushed glass and pain.
“I guess what goes around comes around then, for
Here you are, big bellied, and abandoned. It seems that
You will make your child pay.” Well, if what they say about
Karma is true, perhaps he is on the way to pay a heavy debt.






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