Categories: Poetry

Birthing the room

Open bellows
bloom birch beams. Pump
cottonwood stain, spin linen
slips, varnish raffia. Mill

walnut planks, cedar shiplap.
Shake the soffit, prime the doors.
Sheath the windows in pewter
nimbus & wool skein. Hone

the lace white, blow mercury
lamp, glass beaker. Wire holes,
trim bulbs. Polish nickel knobs,
pulls poised. Silent

oiled bronze levers—keyed,
bolted. Eyebrows at the back
gable, seal the flat-felled seam.

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