by Dan Campion

“Childbirth for many primate species is even harder than for humans”
—NewScientist

So even Tristram Shandy’s birth
Came easier than lots of apes’
Who slip through unforgiving girths
Of sundry primates’ pelvic shapes.
Comparisons are odious,
But in this case it’s salutary
To learn that childbirth favors us.
But so says Joseph. Go ask Mary.