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First, I would like to say that I agree and appreciate Alex's comment about Brooks bringing her emotional sweets, rather than her abortioned sweets, to life. I like that idea and what it means for the poem.

I also appreciate Abby's comment on what the title of the poem does for the humanity of the poem... and the ambiguity.

That said, I didn't actually like the poem. When I read it I felt apathetic. The poem did not speak to me. And, like Flor, I take issue with Brooks' line, "You were born, you had body, you died". It implies that the birth and death of the hairy pulp are two separate events. If you are born, you have left the body alive. Perhaps aboriton practices were different in 1945... but birth does not occur at the point of conception. A baby is not born when the sperm meets the egg.