Carbondale, Illinois, May 1992
sound of shattered glass
whiplashed mother
in her long dress
muscles tightened
one summer night
five college girls
in a Mustang
crashed into her
Dodge Caravan
t-boned her driver’s side
metal barrelling
into belly
seatbelt low
pedal anchored to floor
she was alone she held me
in her womb I didn’t move
***
Kept inside the wreckage
until Paramedics cut her out
she stood in the hospital room
pieces of glass held by her belly
fell to the floor when she saw my father
standing in the door
Everything’s okay. She’s okay.
I still hear the shape of her voice in me.
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