Bonkers

or      
        
The Third Time Ought To Be the Charm        
       
"A prospective parent is the greatest threat to humanity."        
-- a Logically Sound Truth        
beyond all Rational doubt        
       
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"Pack everything at once!  You have to go!        
The mockingbird!  The diamond ring!  The glass!        
That stork!  I swear to Walt!  It must be slow!        
Not getting your CONSENT to breed your ass!        
Yet three times now!  And still the same mistake!        
Just like the baby twins!  All that ado!        
One eaten by a croc here at the lake!        
The other by a lion at the zoo!        
And here again I see NO GUARANTEE!        
So now at any time you could expire!        
Like Mother's triplets yet!  Set one and three!        
Both up in smoke that second nursery fire!        
Sweet seven dwarfs!  Great Cinderella balls!        
Enough!  From here on out--no Cabbage Dolls!"        
       
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a dedication of Respect        
for        
the Pain of each child brought into the world        
with neither its consent nor a guarantee from harm        
       
a revolving helios dramatic monologue/shakespearean sonnet        
 
August, 2022 -- the impossibility of not being able to get an ovum's consent to be brought into the world  
yet not making the Ethical problem vanish with the wave of a magical wand  
        
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The Optional Feetnotes        
       
"An estimated 3.3 million children under the age of 5 die each year from        
 serious birth defects. . . ."          
--PubMed        
       
"15,000 children under five years old die every day [from diseases]."        
--Our World in Data    
   
"Every year, 175 million children globally are expected to be affected by natural disasters, including floods, cyclones, droughts, heatwaves, severe storms, and earthquakes."  
--The Society for Research in Child Development    
   
"Approximately 12,000 children . . . die from unintentional injuries each year."      
--The Centers for Disease Control        
       
"Every five minutes, a child dies as a result of violence."      
--The Global Partnership          
       
"Every six seconds, a child under the age of 5 dies somewhere in the world."      
--UNICEF