Fetishizing Fetuses - ON WRITING AND RUNNING

We’ve been fetishizing fetuses
For fifty years or more
Yet once they’re born
They’re on their own
We just don’t really care
From feeding hungry kids at school
To catholic priests who hide behind the cross
To Columbine
And Sandy Hook
Parkland and Stoneman Douglas
And now Uvalde
When will it end
Will it ever end
Or is filling out a background check
Too tedious And labor intensive
For mere mortals
Like a mask in a pandemic
Like a drop of water in the ocean
Like a mother’s tear drop