I.
in the dream
i am animal.
fetal on haunches
of dampness
& scream.
laid bare.
teeth. skin. marrow.
i wake up in her quake.
in her mist.
clothes wet.
body of
paper. smoke. rain.
II.
the woman who pushed me
out through her hips
laced me up
with a string
of thunderstorms.
left me
with the coiled heat
of an unbroken horse.
i am a curled root
in her castoff field
rippling with reasons
to leave.
i bloom like a cage
brimming with hands.
grasping.
everything in me
needs to be fed.
