cradled
bijou finally
your head resting on my hip bone
cradled between my jeans and my t shirt

we slept like a puzzle that night
like interlocking states
highways for veins
blood traffic crossing counties and countries
across the river
beneath the ocean of wildfire that is my dreams
i barely slept
i drove all night
trying not to rock the cradle
i wanted you to sleep perfectly forever right where you were
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crOwl i remember taking photographs of you naked with our first child. we lit the room with candles. you spread your hair like a blanket over your growing breasts. you put your hands under your belly and while you waited for the click of the camera you felt your unborn daughters foot pressing into your fingers like a butterfly resting on a flower. 060206
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