Just Another Day In Paradise? Poem by wardha jawdat

It was just as good a day as any
I suppose
To walk into the ward toilet
And discover
A newborn half drowned
In a flush tank

Yes,
I suppose it was just as good a day as any
To see humanity trickle out
An unclamped cord while life feebly yelped
And gurgled in fetid water

Wasn’t it
As good a day as any
Just an ordinary day
Just an ordinary abandonment
Of an ordinary blip
In natures chromosome
Programmed to self destruct upon recognition.

It was, beyond doubt
As good a day as any
To see the parade where
All things soft and gentle
Innocent and pure
Baby-like and neonatal
Walked Lady Macbeth-like
Macabre and demented
In their obsessive single-minded desire
To live.
Whilst all the while
All things maternal and humane
Groped and grabbed
Tore flesh and limb
Bit off and chewed upon
That which
Under the umbrella of sanity
They had once been programmed
To protect.