Only Through a Looking Glass Darkly

by
Bob MacKenzie


To be or not to be,
who is to say
that is the question
which faces the churches
which faces the lawyers
which faces the women,
the woman in pain.

Where shall this zygote go,
bucket or beddy-bye.
that is the question which faces the pregnant,
question:
"to be or not to be"
and the answer is seen
only through a looking glass darkly.


published:
The Dalhousie Review,
      Volume 52, Number 2, 1972
Stimulus, March 1973


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