*

*

She took it all out

the good doctor did

baby-making equipment

inactive for years

now a threat of disease

*

gone—those parts

that connected me

(forever)

to a boy and girl

parents themselves

*

Who am I now?

*

She took it all out

hoisted up the sagging bits

with sutures and ligaments

curving this torso like a shrimp

pink, bruised purple and green

*

seven short incisions

only one gives the pain

that should accompany

such a loss

*

What am I now?