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To breed or not to breed (M&G)

Monday, June 2nd, 2008 | Mail & Guardian column | No Comments

I wake with a snort, roused by the clatter of a ballpoint pen hitting the floor. It spins idly to a halt, put there by the same peaches-and-cream striped paw now tapping one end of it. How easily the modern quill is reduced to a plaything!

Blink, blink, blink.

The cursor on my computer screen winks expectantly. Above it, the line: To breed or not to breed.

Blink, blink, blink.

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