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how many times
have I borne you
through the velvet night O
my thighs wrapped
tight O my thoroughbred
our small bed
vast space
where we birth
uncontrollable laughter O
my body
no longer woman
but silken flesh
on sinewy legs
galloping galloping
from How Odd This Ritual of Harmony (1981);
reprinted in
Make Your Way Across This Bridge: New & Selected Writings
(2003)
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