This story begins on a Monday bright
FoxNews had given me an awful fright...
Seems as though embryos were escaping me

Me and my kind, abortionists, you see!
Men and women faithful to the call
Of ending life, so fragile and small.
So small, in fact, they hardly matter
A blob of tissue, a speck, a spatter.
For years, I made an obscene mint
A snip, a snap, and a pointed hint
“We’re done,” I’d say, and in a daze
My client would move as in a haze
Making room for the next one
Filling my coffers with a tidy sum.
My method, though clumsy, was more than sufficient
Ridding my client of a problem persistent
Who could believe that something so tiny and small
Could cause such a problem, such a problem at all?
You would not believe the hoo-rah and ruckus!
The commotion, the hoopla, the outcry, the muckus!
Let them shout all they wish, let them shout, I say
I’ll drive away at the end of the day!
Drive, drive away! I’ll come back tomorrow
To an office full of women with sorrow.
I’ll tell you about one, her name was Sue
Sitting with a tear, obviously blue.
Did she know what we had done?
The price she paid for a bit of fun?
A clumsy fumble, a boyfriend’s stumble 
Leaving her pregnant, bare, and humble
Waiting for me to perform my magic
Erasing all clues of a Friday so tragic.
Tragic, you mutter? There’s no such thing
It’s a matter of choice, and freedom is king!
“It’s my body,” she said, and I fully agree.
So I’ll scrape your womb, for a nominal fee.
I’ll be done, before you know
Before your troubles begin to show
Before your face begins to glow
I’ll deal with this little embryo!
He has no choice, he has no voice.
In thirty minutes, you will rejoice!
I will solve your problem present
Give your life back, isn’t that pleasant?”
Little Sue cried, she was so relieved
Wiping her tears on her sleeve
“Come on, Doc, let’s get started!
Right away, we must be parted,
This zygote and I. Away, Away!"
My ambitions begin again today!
As for him, it does not matter
I can always hear the patter
Of little feet another time.
Another day, next year, maybe
Maybe, maybe, we shall see.
But as for now, let’s get this done
Let’s get rid of this my son.”
In thirty minutes the deed was done
Little Sue forgotten in thirty-one.
So “Ha!” to Fox, you railed in vain
My job secure, and once again
Your ominous voice of doom
Proven wrong, your tale of gloom
“Abortions down!” mere fabrication
A lie most foul, prevarication!
As long as Little Sues and her kind
Intertwine without a mind
To keep apart the sperm and egg
Men like me will never beg
I shall sit in my rocking chair
My golden years? A millionaire!
To get me there, a simple motto
“This embryo has got to go!”
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Reverend Keith Matthews was born in Rayne, LA in 1961 and graduated from Rayne High School in 1978. A licensed practical nurse, Rev. Matthews has also trained in Commercial Truck Driving and Masonry. He is the author of two books: The Word of the Lord Came Unto Me: Now What?, an instruction manual for inexperienced ministers and, He Wrestled With An Angel, a murder mystery set in the Louisiana 60’s. e-mail the author: revmatthews@yahoo.com |