Mashelem

She threw the baby out with the birth water

when its eyes began to blur

Then took a child inside the shelter and left the mum to tooth and fur

She soothed the lost one and took the path

so they were reconciled

Then gathered the gifts from all the offers

for someone elses child

She nursed the child that grew the tree

and watched them chop them down

Then sang the pigs to come dance a jig

and firm the acorns in the ground

Mashelem

Mashelem

Not what

Not when

Mashelem

Mashelem

Just now

Just then.

GRR 23