Infant

It was a cynical babe
Lay in its mother's arms
Born two months too soon
After many alarms.
Why is its mother sad
Weeping without a friend
Where is its father - say?
He tarries in Ostend.
It was a cynical babe. Reader, before you condemn, pause,
It was a cynical babe. Not without cause.


(from A Good Time Was Had By All)