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Mother!
Fertile one
at a twist, failing
full front, warped
by the carver’s knife

Champion
of fault!  —of the seam sewn
aslant, the shewbread
singed, the fleshy
fruits worm-holed

Our goddess!
Bellied, pock-
faced, sullen —you nod
with locked eyelids,
grant blessing

~ Naomi Myvraagnes ~