Cause

Cause

Helen Hoyt

As the surprise of a womanWhen she knows that she is pregnant,Is the surprise of a murdererBeholding that he has killed.That so small a moment of time,That so slight an act should suffice!No plan, no purpose, ordained what befell,Only the wild urging blood and muscleAnd swift desire.These,In an instant,Beyond retraction,Could set in motion all the long inexorable processes of life:All the long inexorable processes of death.Could establish that which may not be effaced,Which alters the world.

As the surprise of a womanWhen she knows that she is pregnant,Is the surprise of a murdererBeholding that he has killed.That so small a moment of time,That so slight an act should suffice!No plan, no purpose, ordained what befell,Only the wild urging blood and muscleAnd swift desire.These,In an instant,Beyond retraction,Could set in motion all the long inexorable processes of life:All the long inexorable processes of death.Could establish that which may not be effaced,Which alters the world.

As the surprise of a womanWhen she knows that she is pregnant,Is the surprise of a murdererBeholding that he has killed.

As the surprise of a woman

When she knows that she is pregnant,

Is the surprise of a murderer

Beholding that he has killed.

That so small a moment of time,That so slight an act should suffice!

That so small a moment of time,

That so slight an act should suffice!

No plan, no purpose, ordained what befell,Only the wild urging blood and muscleAnd swift desire.

No plan, no purpose, ordained what befell,

Only the wild urging blood and muscle

And swift desire.

These,In an instant,Beyond retraction,Could set in motion all the long inexorable processes of life:All the long inexorable processes of death.Could establish that which may not be effaced,Which alters the world.

These,

In an instant,

Beyond retraction,

Could set in motion all the long inexorable processes of life:

All the long inexorable processes of death.

Could establish that which may not be effaced,

Which alters the world.


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