Cause
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Helen Hoyt
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! 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.