
Flesh, pink.
Not bubblegum, but
Winter White
frosting.
Two drops red, accidental
baby shower.
Fat, pink
toes.
Fascia of the feet.
First to
wiggle.
Voluntary.
Free.
Look! Baby is
kicking,
flexing.
Dumb,
happy baby.
Foot to
sky,
foot to mouth.
Fingers
navigate
metatarsals.
Find crystals
buried
in the ball.
Flush, pink
to white
and back,
fun with
bodily
autonomy
fostered for
months
in the womb.
Fascinating,
really.
How the
fine lines of the
hand
cannot
forge
a path for the
foot, but will
foretell
in tally marks
how many dumb
fucking
babies
you’ll have, ones that
fought
to be
born.
Fools.
I’m one of them.
But I swear, I’m happy,
baby.
© 2021 Andrea Festa