Self-Portrait as Magician’s Assistant, Cut in Half

Silence is a cleft through the belly button.

 

There’s always a cesarean section.

The baby is too big. It won’t slip out.

The chainsaw has drifted too deep.

 

There’s a little girl in afterschool tutoring.

Long division clicking into place.

 

What is a suture?

What is anything tied together with a bow?…

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