All in by Minadora Macheret
by Minadora Macheret
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by Minadora Macheret
That which comes before
mama
as the ink of the eye.
A rustle in the lining
the fluid disrupts, amniotic
the womb
& mouth
it cherishes.
Now, lapushka
—your cellular prison
is motherly fear & hope.
The baby becomes
viable, 24 weeks,
& slips past the need for developed organs,
a continued cocoon,
a survival
wide as the palm of your hand.
The wound of arrival
is just enough
to signal desire,
live—
away from sustenance,
the first sound through which you enter
your own lungs
Minadora Macheret is a Ph.D. student in Poetry and Teaching Fellow at the University of North Texas. She is a Poetry Editor for Devilfish Review. Her work has appeared in Tinderbox Poetry Journal, Rogue Agent, Connotation Press, and elsewhere. She is the author of the chapbook, Love Me, Anyway (Porkbelly Press, 2018). She likes to travel across the country with her beagle, Aki.