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Beginnings | Keith Mark Gaboury

San Francisco, California

· POEM PRIZE

Can I travel back to the womb,

back to the female zygote

of my conception

when my penis popped out

like a hibiscus through hungry soil.

Yes the cellular shells of you, me,

Mary the turtle hoarder

all multiplied into four-limbed spawn.

How blessed to swim

in a sea of amniotic fluid

without a neurological bother

over raising

a resilient dalmatian

before graduating

to a family of four.

I return home

to Sam barking in the mud room

as your body builds a femur.

Through the kitchen window,

a honeysuckle sapling

vaults towards our common sky.

Keith Mark Gaboury

Keith Mark Gaboury earned a M.F.A. in creative writing from Emerson College. His poems have appeared in such publications as Eclectica Magazine, Five 2 One Magazine, and New Millennium Writings. After spending his days as a preschool teacher, Keith spends his nights writing poetry in San Francisco, California.

FEBRUARY 2, 2019 / MUSEPAPER POEM PRIZE #23 / BEGINNINGS & ENDINGS

 

 

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