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by K. Violet * 2002
~ Broken Crib ~

     Sadness rocks in the chair,
     humming, invisible, muted.
     It is finished, tubes absent,
     womb empty.  Anxious
     to nourish, she drew milk.
     The babe, delivered
     and swaddled ~ a promise
     undelivered ~ bottle fed.
     The breast denied, bruised,
     swollen, unsuckled.  Only a
     vessel, another victim. Two
     unmatched creatures, the child
     and her surrogate mother.
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