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Echoes from Mother

by Amanda Auchter



I ride inside the half-hook
of your womb, listen

to the pause of your breath.
     The rise and fall undulates,

rocks me against the black
hollow of your body.

I am the collector of your
routines, piecing together

the slivers of you that sink
downward, crossing over

the boundary where I lie
tucked and curled.

     At night, I hear the quiet
call of your slumber, the faint

echoes which drift and sway
as I lie awake, watching

the stars of our cells
splash and churn.