Fontanelle

by Mae Grey · 13/01/2026
Published 13/01/2026 17:36

The radiator hisses in the corner.

My sister sleeps in the high, white bed.

They handed me the bundle

like a stack of glass plates.


His head is the size of an orange.

In the soft dip of the crown,

the skin moves with the blood.

A throb, thin as a secret,

pushing against the air.

#birth #domestic setting #fragility #newborn

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