Abortions will not let you forget. You remember the children you got that you did not get, The damp small pulps with a little or with no hair, The singers and workers that never handled the air. You will never neglect or beat Them, or silence or buy with a sweet. You will never wind up the sucking-thumb Or scuttle off ghosts that come.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Abortions leave lasting memories of children never born, affecting the parent forever through ghosts and silence.
- In plain terms
- Decisions about abortion create memories of children that never existed but stay with you.
- What can you take from it?
- Loss of potential life leaves a permanent mark.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you remember what never happened?
- What ghosts remain?
Another view
Not all experiences of abortion involve grief.
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