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Monday 1 October 2018

Ultrasound


Ultrasound
(To my unborn son)

Refracted by water
like a silver fish,
not pausing beneath sounds,
turning which way.
Through darkness,
through warm waters,
and the constant beat of my heart,
you flash fast.

We’ve a wriggler here,”
she said,
seeking you out
like a shoal of cod.

The suddenly you are still
and stand clear
upon the screen
a small child
with head and flickering heart.

We measure the circumference
of your skull,
your femur and spine.

It is not time yet
to draw you in,
into this cold airbound world.



This poem was first published in The Rialto