fetus
etoiles
crisp
white
sheets
show
the
best
stains
of
burgendy
lipstick
worn
too
heavily
on
such
fair
skin
. she'd
lean
in
and
kiss
him
,
leaving
herself
against
him
-
but
he'd
never
realize
that
. she'd
light
a
cigarette
and
lay
back
unenthused,
what
else
was
there
to
learn
about
,
anyway
?
he'd
insisted
he
was
sterile
and
she
believed
that
he
was
,
perhaps
in
more
places
than
one
.
though
the
swelling
of
her
belly
?
that
surely
wasn't
a
sterlized fetus.
030901
...
crimson
beautiful
,
etoiles
a
secret
placed
in
a
jar
and
pickled
,
like
a
forgotten
fetus
in
formaldehyde
031019
...
somebody that i used to know
I
didn't
even
know
i
was
pregnant
by
the
time
I
miscarried.
Not
that
I
would
have
kept
it
.
071103
what's it to you?
who
go
blather
from