Treasured Possession.

Bottle of Vodka, one knitting needle

We only sell knitting needles in pairs.

Of Course you do. All good things come in pairs.

Would you like a bag for life, save the planet.

A bag for life would be wonderful.

He lied, she thought.

But that was just typical of men.

She should show him the bag.

You said it was a bag for life.

But it’s not.

Look inside, you lied.

She sure didn’t feel good

Blood and blob

The Vodka did the job

Flush the lie

Now she could die

She didn’t die

Just cried

It didn’t help

Just the way she felt

Time moves on

Secret stays hidden

Tomorrow's another day

Just another day

But life is strange

He noticed she was heavily pregnant

Nice to see you’re still saving the planet

Yes, we all have to do our part

A bag for life

Treasured possession.

Reviews

[redhors]

"He noticed she was heavily pregnant

Nice to see you’re still saving the planet

Yes, we all have to do our part

A bag for life

Treasured possession."

https://benjaminstudebaker.com/2013/09/07/better-never-to-have-been/
Makes me think of a book I just read, here is somewhat of a summary of it... Loved this poem:)

[Paul Bell]

Liked the summary of the book. It raises a lot of questions. I think we all live life at different stages. You see that around the world. We talk about the dark ages. But some countries live those dark ages now. The question always comes up. Why do those poor people have children. Yet, go back a few stages in our own lives. The answer is staring right at you. Probably why us humans are such a complex lot.

[barleygirl]

WHOA! This is a deep & serious ditty for you! Your sarcasm is dripping & I had to read it twice to catch all the pointy nuances. We all make choices that seem unfathomable to others. To me that's a profound thing to honor & respect, if we are to live in harmony . . . your way of bringing out such profound intensity within each everyday human interaction is unequaled! (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

[BBP]

Soooooo the bag saved the life? So he was not a liar? hahahah

[Einstein Noodle]

tragic ...no good can come form a baby in the womb, vodka and a knitting needle ... kind of end up thinking she is the bag >;/
i think you say true my friend ...
"Just cried
It didn’t help
Just the way she felt"
i can not believe a good thing comes from the destruction of a child ...your closing gives me hope tho... perhaps she has changed her mind
E.

[Paul Bell]

Abortion has always been a tough debate.
In this case, she thought she had aborted the child. But life is strange as they say.

[Einstein Noodle]

yes...i am reminded by your remark of the Jurassic Park movie in which Jeff Goldblum says Life has a way of surviving ..or something like that ... and it does doesn't it!? makes me think of small flowers and blades of grass that push up through the thickest of concrete ... it is a tough debate ..i think it centers around the labeling ... for me all the potential we see in a baby all the way through to death ..is there in splendor and glory from the moment the growing begins ... to say it is a clump of matter is so very lacking in true humanity ..towards life itself .. but as you say .. the debate is strong and ongoing each moment ..we have aborted millions of babies each year though it has fallen lately to just under 700, 000 in 2017 .. i am numbed by such numbers ...and my point is that as a tax payer i am forced to help fund them ... i push my representatives to offer me the option of where that portion of my tax money goes .. for instance to support adoption efforts, education that fosters strong moral character and responsibility in personal choices ..stuff like that ... the present administration seems to be committed to those kinds of ideas but i have little hope that the slaughter will stop ... i have not looked it up but i don't know of any disease nor all murders has taken so much life so indifferently ..hm didn't mean to go on about it ..your poem is fantastic and i am glad you chose to write and share it ... it is important!

[Paul Bell]

I suppose the woman being the idividual is in the driving seat. But it sure is a tough one.

[Einstein Noodle]

yes...a very tough issue ..well done poetry says i!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

what a clever ending...a bag for life...and just one knitting needle, like having only one walkie-talkie...
without our better halves, what are we really....

[Paul Bell]

All good things work out in the end.
Like this site lasting a whole day.

[Mrudula Rani]

The Secret stays hidden... because she didn't succeed ?

[Paul Bell]

She sure didn't.