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from "dreaming of water"


iii. womb

water carries the scent
of amino acids and nutrients.
swaddling and a cradle,
the sound of the sea heard
from a distance.  weight has 
a lighter sense here.  periods
of sun and cold alternate, as in
the larger world.  during the day,
networks of curled blood vessels 
streak the nearby walls, moving oxygen 
to and fro.  i am rolling, on a journey 
destined to end upon reaching the canal 
to the new world, washed from wet 
caverns into a room, full of 
refrigerators.


--jennifer crystal chien