No, no, not the children, who’ve long been found,<\/p>\n
nursed and fed, clothed and bundled off to the treadmill.<\/p>\n
No, not them.\u00a0 It’s the mothers who are missing.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
They’re wandering somewhere out there, thinking<\/p>\n
they’ve found a new life, not at all like the old one<\/p>\n
but not new, either.\u00a0 Still in hiding, still searching faces,<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
looking for their children to bring back their innocence.<\/p>\n
The children still care but that was such a time ago,<\/p>\n
and real names are hard to come by.\u00a0 It’s all too much<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
to try.\u00a0 The lost mothers have found themselves<\/p>\n
new men, they’ve made new children, new hiding places.<\/p>\n
They never look back.\u00a0 They refuse to be found.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
(c) Ella Wagemakers, 00.59 Dutch time\u00a0 (= 18.59 EST in the US)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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