Anticipation. Preparation.
JULIE EBIN
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How could I have misunderstood?
I thought this body was mine to command
that I could choreograph mitosis until I do not fear
my heart being too meager
to make way for the new curve
From a flash, this flesh:
pea gaining pod in my last womb
my rib becoming her rib
blood thumping through placental sieve
to build each tiny cell and kick
The romance of a small being
impelling me to dream expansive
Stretch me apart
Can I prepare to be unmade?
JULIE EBIN is a queer human whose work explores sensuality, finding stillness in nature, and motherhood. Ebin is a member of the Poem Works Boston community. In her earlier years she studied with C.D. Wright and Gale Nelson. Her work has most recently appeared in Solstice, Touch: The Journal of Healing, and Off the Coast. A co-founder of the former experimental collaborative writing group v.e.r.b.a.t.i.m., Ebin lives in Arlington, Massachusetts with one child and zero cats.