Lactating Daughter Poem by James McLain

Because, 'I have a lactating daughter,
why not take advantage of her?
As long as Mother doesn't mind,
father said,
Hooking up the pump.
He is not cured of the need,
but he is convinced that taking the milk
is the right thing to do.
It's very difficult to tell if something
is working or not, she said.
What we feel comfortable about
is that the process of doing it has been amazing
and has helped all of our family.
Even the children
can't tell the difference, when eating their cereal.
There is research to say those same proteins
in his daughters breast milk,
will and has benefited her father.
I think the most tender part of this co-op
is providing more milk and less chicken, ' she said.
They both milk them together to strengthen their relationship.
Skipping coming my, 'mother works it out.
Laughing about it,
Mother instructs her daughter to say, no to drugs.
But the children.
know we save money and want more than their share.