Museworthy: Unborn

At 3am I paint the soles
of my daughter's feet
with red glitter

There are no reasons to death
but how great
unreason

The silver cars on their dark wheels
are parking
in our street

The baby of the poor woman
has put its fist
through her bladder and bowel

It remains unborn

BY MTC CRONIN

MTC Cronin has had seven books of poetry published, the most recent being Bestseller (Vagabond Press, 2001) and My Lover's Back — 79 Love poems (UQP, 2002). After being employed for most of the 1990s in law, she has in recent years begun teaching literature and creative writing at secondary schools and universities. She is currently working on a PhD, Poetry and Law: Discourses of the Social Heart. Her books are available by contacting her at <margie_cronin@hotmail.com> or phone (02) 9550 2918.

From Green Left Weekly, August 14, 2002.
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