Maureen Kingston

BIRTHDAY WISHES: New Body Parts

 
i
SAVE THE PLANET
 
a third breast safety-pinned to my chest: to slake the mangrove’s thirst: to revive its salty, flaking fist
 
ii
NIGHT VISION
 
a pair of beater legs: to cream the moon’s eye: to patch and lume my pocked insides
 
iii
FRESH START
 
gambrel hooks for hands: to sling my x’s entrails: to butcher his pupa in its sleep
 
iiii
SILK PURSE
 
a gizzard’s secret pouch: with sufficient grit to digest disappointment: to crush regret in its crèche
 
iiiii
ETERNAL YOUTH
 
a sickle bar mouth: to harvest fate: to amputate its relentless lust for decay
 

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