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| Cartoon by Mark Taylor, The Commoner Call, May 27, 2019 |
“In Alabama—where lawmakers banned abortion for rape victims—rapists’ parental rights are protected: Alabama is one of two states with no statute terminating parental rights for a person found to have conceived the child by rape or incest . . .” The Washington Post, June 9, 2019
Thank God our holy sperm
has been sanctified
by Christian Alabama law.
That little wench of a niece
better see the light
and let me raise our boy,
with or without her.
So what if she conceived
after a little roll in the hay?
At first she had her way
in court—calling me “rapist”—
but now the law has stepped
in and declared me a proper
parent, confirmed my right
to father my boy,
to teach him to shoot and hunt
and how to treat the ladies
so he’ll know the law
is on his side. Thank God.
Our sperm has been sanctified
by Christian Alabama law.
George Held, a ten-time Pushcart nominee, is a frequent contributor to TheNewVerse.News. His new collection of poems is Second Sight (Poets Wear Prada, 2019).