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Poetry | October 2011

Eight Haiku

By Danielle Abramsohn

dark shadows reveal
brothers entwined in my womb
one heart between them

exploratory
pincers and lasers punch through
they probe at my boys

I puff with fluid
morphine -induced dreams ensue
babies clutch for life

they call him twin b
curled up like a baby bird
drowning inside me

no need for pushing
tiny beings slide to light
the nurses are hushed

eyelids fluttering
a body thin as paper
he has toothpick toes

whisked from my embrace
now he lives inside a box
I tap on the glass

without a heartbeat
twin b stays in his pink tub
I should have held him

2 replies on “Eight Haiku”

Sarahsays:
October 4, 2011 at 8:11 pm

Tremendously powerful.

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Katherine J Barrettsays:
October 6, 2011 at 9:07 am

This is beautiful Danielle. I can relate to so much of it.

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