Do you have children

Its irresponsible with the state of the environment.
Its deplorable with the lack of resources.

Breeding steadily, we grow and swell
like bacteria in a petri dish
swallowing up everything around us.
we are our own worst pestilence.

And the problems of parenting with their intersecting multiplicities
connect our children to past traumas

                                       (Oh you've overcome all that.  Then leave the rest of us to worry
                                         about healing while you garden and attend important to functions.)

But when sleep is imminent, or on that joyful hike, or a particularly
pleasurable class, I think I forgive myself a little.

God directed us to be fruitful and multiply
God commanded us to be stewards of the earth
And so we continue intrepidly
We parent abundance in the spare aging moments.