We hold these truths
I looked inside the bucket in front of me
To be self-evident
There was a small naked person in there,
floating in a bloody liquid.
That all men are created equal
He was purple with bruises, and his face had
the agonizing tautness of one forced to die too soon.
That they are endowed by their Creator
I then took off the lids of all the other buckets
and with a pair of forceps lifted each fetus out
by an arm or a leg--
With certain unalienable Rights
leaving, as I returned them, an additional bruise
on their acid-soaked bodies.
That among these are Life
Finally I lifted out a very large fetus
and read the label. Mother's name... Doctor's name...
Liberty
Sex of the item: Male; Time of gestation: 24 weeks.
I remembered Miss A. She was 17--a very pretty blond girl
And the pursuit of Happiness.
So, this was Master A--to be burned tomorrow
for the sake of his mother.
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