wombwater revisited (first incarnation)

once upon trochaic times

nelly floated in a sac

very like a uterus

wore a latex fetus suit

snorkeled-air umbilicus

saw just shadows and vague shapes

licked the slicks of nutrients

on the innards of the mask

(having had colonic flush

there’d be meconium)

..

five days passed in fetal bliss

nell hallucinated with

shades of blobbed angelic choirs

hallelujahing away

then bright light bedazzled her

with the sac forthwith unzipped

with the fetus suit split wide

hose-off in her unitard

..

“it’s a girl!” the tech exclaimed

“you’ve been billed,” the front desk said

nelly took the subway home

climbed the stairs and was reborn