I think that the theme of this poem is, quite clearly, the
impact that physical abuse has on women and children. The woman and the two kids in
this poem have both clearly been abused and it has affected
them.
The woman is, to me, distraught and afraid. It
scares her when people ask about the blood on the baby. She is (presumably) afraid of
what will happen if the police investigate.
The little girl
is also affected. She seems not to really react to her mother in the way that a kid
should. She is detached from her mother. Maybe it is because her mother cannot protect
her from abuse. Maybe it is because she is so traumatized by parents in general. One
way or another, the abuse has clearly affected her and made her unable to relate
normally to her family.
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