Is it rational to have a child?
Sure, this world is full of pain and short on resources.
But no better motivation exists,
when evil persists,
than that which posterity provides.
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Perhaps we’re just traipsing planks, destination empty and cold.
But walking the plank’s a stroll, so long as there’s sun.
For despite the inevitable sunset,
the warmth of the day, still feels so good.
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Tiny hands in hand,
we bring them out onto the plank,
hoping they’ll hold ours too,
as we shuffle toward the plunge.
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So if the stroll is worth the plunge,
and you accept the duty of swabbing the plank,
then yarr,
it’s rational to have a child.
Yarr…it’s baby making time