36 Weeks
He’s settling and resettling
like the cat who circles
and collapses again.
like the cat who circles
and collapses again.
You feel the hollowing,
agitating and loosening,
the flurry of housekeeping
agitating and loosening,
the flurry of housekeeping
under the Medusa vein spread
of your skin. See the wild
proliferation of your blood there,
of your skin. See the wild
proliferation of your blood there,
coursing over the surface,
inflating his veins
with an ultra-filtrate of you.
inflating his veins
with an ultra-filtrate of you.
He moves now and you know
not to be fooled
by the lapping sensation –
not to be fooled
by the lapping sensation –
he’s descending
down hard in the pelvis
head-first, knocking
down hard in the pelvis
head-first, knocking
bone against bone, like clicks
and scatters, or dice in a jar,
locking like a lattice of antlers.
and scatters, or dice in a jar,
locking like a lattice of antlers.