Full Term

It is nine months now and I am to decide
Exactly where it is I would like to reside
To put myself in a basket of wicker
Amongst the tall reeds by the banks of a river
No note, return this baggage to sender
Declaring the carer unfit...
On a doorstep wrapped in a poor yellow blanket
Declaring the wearer unfit for the banquet
A black bin unclean, in yesterday's paper
In plastic or tin, in a fast food container
Separately placed...
Separately placed in recycled ecology green
For collection or rejection unheard or unseen
It's nine months now and I am to deliver:
A basket of wicker which floats down the river