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No mother knowswhat will become of her son -
and if she did
would that change anything?
Maybe I should have seen.
Maybe I should have suspected.
Little misbehaviours,
small cruelties.
Maybe I should have known.
Maybe I could have
if not
for that thing that clouds
a mother's eyes.
But
even if I did
would that have changed anything?
No mother knows
what will become of her son -
that he might be a king,
that he might be
a killer,
murderer
of his on flesh and blood,
tyrant,
oppressor.
Maybe
I could have known
if not
for that thing that clouds
a mother's eyes.
No mother knows,
but sometimes,
sometimes,
no, often,
she asks herself:
Why did I not know,
what should I have done,
what did I do wrong,
is it my fault
that he has become
this?
No mother knows,
and if she did
would that change anything?
Maybe
I could have
changed all our fates
had I known
had I
Done Something
(what?)
(drowned him?)
(suffocated him in his sleep?);
if not
for that thing that clouds
a mother's eyes,
that thing that
even now
clouds my eyes with tears.
Because
how could I love him
any less?
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We all more or less live by the grace of a woman.
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Pretty much 
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Yes, and she decides which male to mate with, which child to carry out, which child to raise.
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