The painful places, you always try to hold

It’s

Such

A

muted relief,

You have to convince yourself

That

It’s

Working.

I spread

Each

One

Of

My

Fingers

over

Each

One

Of

My

Ribs

So my hands

Can wear them

Like

Gloves-

-they stay there so long,

when

i

look

down

i think they’ve burst through the skin.

it reduces

Or increases?

the pain to a

Dull Ache

and I forget about the pain the way a mother forgets about labour

I have more moments

She has more babies