Envy

Big. Bursting. Pink.
Full. Weeks. Waddle.
Nine. Kicking. Listen.
Names. Parent. Past.
Future. Womb. Twinge.
Mine. Ultra

sound, rain outside.
Coincidence.

Bellies.
Young. Old. Full.
Pink. Bursting.
Future.

Packing. Panic. Hurry
Pain. Epidural.

Wait.

OpenReadyTablePushTearsStitchesFaeces

Baby.

Tired.

Mother.

Quiet.

Cradle. Cap. Bonnet.
Grows. Smell scented of morning.
Wipes. New.

My tears fall to the
beat of the rain

And my polyped, warty,
defaced, unholy,
unwhole,
unwoman,
unused,
unloved

Womb lays quiet
as another tear plips the page.

The rain falls steadily outside.