I have been born many times<\/p>\n
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My initial birth was that of a ladybird<\/p>\n
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But I was eaten by a predator<\/p>\n
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Ladybirds do not have predators<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Well this ladybird found a predator<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Whether recorded or not<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n My mother was so upset that she gave birth to me again<\/p>\n \n This time I was a boy<\/p>\n \n All went well for many years<\/p>\n \n Until a war started in a far off land<\/p>\n \n I was drafted by my country<\/p>\n \n And lasted a week before I stepped on a mine and\u00a0was blown to pieces<\/p>\n \n I can still see your scars<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n I have many<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n My mother was so upset that she gave birth to me again<\/p>\n \n What was your gender<\/em><\/p>\n \n My mother gave birth to twins<\/p>\n \n One girl and one boy who were identical in looks and manner<\/p>\n \n What happened to them<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Nothing for we are here now<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n What is your mother doing now<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Waiting for us to die I expect<\/em><\/p>\n But we are here in this great city<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Together<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n I am heavy with your child<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n My mother is too old to bear children and this distresses her<\/p>\n \n Why<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Because she has lost so much in her life<\/p>\n \n If she lost me then the vacancy of her womb would become all too apparent to her<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n I am heavy with your child<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n See how swollen my belly is<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n This is our child<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n This is your milk<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n I was once a ladybird<\/p>\n \n But I was eaten by a predator<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Ladybirds do not have predators<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Well this ladybird found a predator and was eaten<\/p>\n \n On its first day on wing<\/p>\n \n I have never met your mother<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n You have and you know her very well<\/p>\n \n I am heavy with your child<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n See how swollen my belly is<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n See how your milk dampens my blouse<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n \n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I have been born many times My initial birth was that of a ladybird But I was eaten by a predator Ladybirds do not have predators \u00a0 Well this ladybird found a predator \u00a0 Whether recorded or not \u00a0 My mother was so upset that she gave birth to me again This time I was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6593"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6593\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}