This is dedicated to Chase, who is due in 21 days
and to Blitzi who is due in November.
It was inspired by Dandellion, who suggests babies
come from storks and can be found in cabbage patches.
Should You Examine Your Own Cervix? (Fool Search)
She bit the towel and called on God
and I saw her life stretch out.
I saw her torn in childbirth,
and I saw her, at that moment,
in her own death and I knew
that she knew.
Poem by Anne Sexton, Pain for a Daughter
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