Kittens and
puppies,
babies and
butterflies,
and all the
precious
things.
Are designed
by
biology to
make you
want to
protect them
from harm.
It’s why
cute kitten
videos, and
laughing babies,
do so well
on the internet.
We’re
biologically drawn to it.
You probably
thought this
would be a
flowery poem,
about all
the cute things we
love.
It’s not.
It’s about
you and your
selective
love.
It’s about
me and mine.
There’s no
shame in looking,
or wanting,
or even protecting
the lovely
things in our lives,
we’re
biologically designed to do it.
So I can’t
hold it against you too
much when
you prefer a picture of
a baby
holding a kitten, getting licked
by a puppy
over a story about politics.
Or a poem
about things we feel from
day to day,
or an essay about the
importance
of tolerance in the face of
ugliness.
But I want
to hold it against you,
I really do.
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