invisible geography
doing the cyclical thing
writing the poem, again
like i promised
thinking about womanly things
dailiness of maintenance:
to touch the dirt
i saw a polar bear and her two cubs
on TV last night
— they stay together for 2 years!
mothering is lay down tired work
teach to hunt & then walk away separate work
a seal got eaten
ripped to redden the frozen white
a good kill for the three of them
blood & blubber
the hotness of seal oil
some death, in order to live
heard today that a friend is pregnant again
easter will be strange this time round
this week, i will reorient
my priorities
try to turn inward
this last week of lent
greet the earth as ensouled
finally get me some
of this fabled slowness
with my no-baby-having female self
& rub my not-pregnant belly
This piece is one in a series, On the Essential Maintenance of Daily Life, a poetic collaboration for National Poetry Writing Month (NaPoWriMo) by Samantha Wallen and Michelle Puckett. To read the previous poem in the series, click here.
