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Rafał Zabratyński

Father/Daughter in One Breath

The average global human lifespan in 2019 was 72.6 years (according to the United Nations). How many breaths does it take? On average, a person takes about 15 breaths per minute. So, let’s do the math. 15 breaths times 60 minutes times 24 hours times 365.25 days times 72.6 years equals 572,770,440 breaths in a lifetime.

355,968,332 / 0

delivery room
cutting her umbilical cord
with bated breath

355,968,333 / 1

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About the Author

Rafał Zabratyński lives in Rzeszów, Poland. He has been writing haiku and other short Japanese poetic forms since 2000. His works have been published in numerous journals and awarded in a few  competitions. He also enjoys reading and watching science fiction, exploring cosmology, mountain trekking, cycling, traveling.