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Cord cut

September 21st, 2003 · No Comments

we lost the last umbilical cord
with the scissors smile
both cruel and kind
bringing fear and freedom
birthday presents for baby
but you can’t understand
this sudden end
to the dependency

Aching, shrieking
earthquake within me
but I could not stop
time
had come
and out
you come
wearing your mother’s blood
with a gush and a gasp
with a scream
you begin to breathe

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