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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE TRAP, by HORTENSE KING FLEXNER
First Line: The baited trap that does not kill
Last Line: It was, to bait the trap with breath.
Subject(s): Birth; Life; Child Birth; Midwifery
First Line: The baited trap that does not kill
Last Line: It was, to bait the trap with breath.
Subject(s): Birth; Life; Child Birth; Midwifery
The baited trap that does not kill
Makes life and freedom less than death.
Into the world I came.—Oh, ill
It was, to bait the trap with breath.
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