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Culture vs. Biology

No grandpa.
Picking up my baby
and climbing the stairs
is not enough exercise.
I need to do more
to shake off
the little stresses of life,
like picking up my baby
and climbing all my stairs
to my upper level apartment
surrounded by other families
and their noises
about their stresses.
Maybe I’m just not picking her up enough
and being there for her timely;
that’s what she needs–
the time and touch of another human.
That’s what we all need,
even you Gramps.
So let’s chat
and give each other hugs
and maybe someday at dinner
we’ll acknowledge as a family
that our culture
works against our biology.

(2015)

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