Matina L. Stamatakis


Monochromatic Chromomeres: The Residuum of

Chile—so warm in my belly
       black milk #5
     infant coos organs
                a-part

      splatter of umbilicus
               with tentacles
           a-trophy of life

                        o' colpocele baby
                   [sleep snug with the sea
                               spunk
                       in my uterus]

                          dream of colorful vendettas—
                                    laws of motion


















80 proof placenta X
        Chile—you spindle
                        of fibers
             my nucleus daughter
                       skull-soft

                  blot-out of
                            quiet embers
                                onyx/ white
                                and of the innards

 
 
 
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