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No Children

from Seaglass Strange by Red O'Hare

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I have chosen to not have children.

It is not that I don’t like kids
Because I do.

I find the fucking delightful but

Ok let me back up.

I was born in March of 84
In a stunning show of optimism on my parent’s part
right the fuck smack dab
In the middle of the reagan administration

And if my father didn’t think the world was ending then
I can sort of understand why he laughed at me
After he asked what my long term plans are
I said survive the trump presidency
And then
Well what does it matter
Everything ends in twelve years

it would take a miracle
It would take a mighty God
To fix the things that are broken.

And I do believe in God
And I don’t believe in miracles
Not really
And sure sunsets are miracles
And babies
Babies are miracles

And I believe that.
Because we can use all the metal straws (I do)
We can reduce reuse recycle (I do)
We can walk or bike (I do I do I do)
Doesn’t change the fact that
71 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions
Are from 100 companies
And I promise
None of them care about us
We are not irredeemable
But this damage is not reversible
And if any fight is worth fighting
This is the one

I have chosen to not have children
so I can protect the ones that are here.

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from Seaglass Strange, released June 7, 2019

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Red O'Hare Portland, Oregon

Red O'Hare is a Ashkenazi Jewish American poet from Oakland, California where she featured twice with Bay Area Generations. A product of Presbyterian missionaries from the Belgian Congo and Eastern European carny folk, Red has been performing poetry for 20 years. She works in a bakery and is compiling a list of people who want her dead. ... more

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