you ask me why my child is better,
as if the answer could be written in a letter.
it is not in the eyes, or the laugh, or the grace,
but in the curated future, the unearned space.
we did not pass down a name, or a plot of land,
but a edited promise, by this steady hand.
a scrubbed and polished genetic code,
a lighter, cleverer, prettier load.
we bought the blueprint, paid the fee,
......
you ask me why my child is better,
as if the answer could be written in a letter.
it is not in the eyes, or the laugh, or the grace,
but in the curated future, the unearned space.
we did not pass down a name, or a plot of land,
but a edited promise, by this steady hand.
a scrubbed and polished genetic code,
a lighter, cleverer, prettier load.
we bought the blueprint, paid the fee,
......