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Told you so
Obedient to the latest thinking
of the Sunday Times medical experts
we raise the head of Emma's cot
two inches off the ground
with The Pelican Guide
to English Literature
under one leg
balanced up with
Keats' Collected Works.
Now I sleep doubly secure—
knowing my daughter
will safely breathe,
and reassured in my belief
that poetry can make
the difference
between life
and death
after all.
For Emma Rust.
© Godfrey Rust 1986, godfrey@wordsout.co.uk. See here for permissions.
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