- mum’s swollen belly
touched with color, most confusing
the heaven-shining moon - mum’s belly
why does the moon
seem so near? - expectant bellies…
heaven’s moon
halt in their course - mum’s belly my gaze is on the moon
- swollen belly
long have i gaze upon it!
full moon - mum’s belly…
even when the day does dim
the moonlight shines - swollen breasts–
do i see, today, at the last
twin moons - full moon–
what am i do about
this drooping belly? - summer sun announcing the birth of a baby
- summer sun
i briefly glimpse
mum’s swelling belly - summer sun–
it will not remain
i know to well
mum’s due date - full moon
may fall, or not,
lifting my heavy
belly - full moon
round and round
mum’s belly
Tag: Muscles
2023 AWAKENING xxv
- plastic rain…
a bundle of pregnancy tests
falling straight down - hard rain
her pregnancy test
reads positive - trying to read
the pregnancy test
tears are fogged and
blinded - plastic snowflakes
i do count them out…
pregnancy tests - hard snow pregnancy tests keep on falling
- hard rain
i did weep and weep again
at the doctor’s office - pregnancy tests a sprinkling of snowflakes
- pregnancy test
has such a glow, that
the blossoms fail to shine - pregnancy tests
the fallen, scattered snow—
how do i sweep it away? - pregnancy tests…
white snow
has fallen, drifted high around
my feet
MADD JOURNEY – ZAMBIA
ROLE MODEL
apt yoga students
naturally perfected
lotus position
HAIKU
FESTIVALS
Fattening our already swollen bellies
Every small bite, a delicious morsel
Scrumptious and fine, gouge your teeth deep down, we little one
Tough tendons will sharpen your fine muscles
Invigorating showers of blood, fat, sloughed skin will paint our naked skin
Vultures will swoop down shortly.
Ah! Quick! Swiftly gather our nightly booty
Load down your arms with all heavy, serrated, gouged, thrashed limbs
Save your tears and prayers for our snow-capped mountain peak open-starry flat.
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