Drawing the Line
Title: Drawing the Line
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Drawing the Line
Drawing the Line
She lifts so slowly, the door to his high-tech womb,
her own aching, for its emptiness.
His hands flutter and feet twitch,
she cannot interpret his fetal dance,
a foreign language spoken too soon. (DeGroff)
Thirty-five years ago when a premature infant was born, he was placed in a warming bed. Then, if he lived, he lived; if he died, he died. Today, because of immediate intensive care and advanced medical technology, …
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