Daily Poetry Readings #193: Infant by Stevie Smith read by Dr Iain McGilchrist

Part 193 of a daily series of readings of his favourite poetry by Dr Iain McGilchrist, author of The Master and His Emissary. Today’s poem is Infant by Stevie Smith.

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~ Infant by Stevie Smith ~

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.