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Publication details: Fergus Barrowman, November 2003

Part of: Sport

Sport 31: Spring 2003

The world is scared of overpopulation,
and I know it has been said

this is the end of evolution,
we have sliced the world into destruction.

But these superfluous babies
keep getting born, and I am calm:

spring keeps coming round
and children keep running out into it

with their faces wiped clean
by mothers who believe it matters,

and so far the old sun keeps shining
on the new era, tanning our babies,

helping along our landscaping,
making our work worth while.