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Mother of Oceania
by Lisa Marie Brodsky
(for S.E.S.)
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Mother of Splayed Legs
Mother of the C-Section.
Mother of No Anesthesia,
awake and alert, numb from
the neck down.
(Warrior Mother) Mother of Promises
made to a girl back in 1984
crying, naked on a green shag
hotel rug.
Mother of Memories (Conquering Mother).
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On the operating table she stares
at the dots on the ceiling that
are pores, breathing, pulsing
(Mother of Geology ). Her child is a mineral
found deep in the earths crust.
She must dig inside herself,
(Mother of Excavation)
she must be Deep-Sea Mother.
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The doctors could be diving into anyones body
were it not for the pull, the pull.
They are tugboats pulling out the child.
Its a boy its a boy
hes bringing the ocean with him;
(Mother of Oceania)
fish flop onto the tile floor.
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She nuzzles him, smells him all over
Just to be sure he came from her.
Is this what came?
Not a girl she could protect,
but a boy, a boy?
(Breaking-Chain Mother)
My son will be a different man.
09/20/2004 Author's Note: in honor of Sarah Elise... who was tortured and brutally raped for years of her childhood... who gave birth to two beautiful boys through C-Section, with no anesthesia.
Posted on 09/20/2004
Copyright © 2025 Lisa Marie Brodsky
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