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© 2010 Ariel Gordon

Ariel Gordon is a Winnipeg-based writer and editor who sincerely thought naming her first book of poetry Hump (Palimpsest Press, 2010) was a good idea. She recently won the John Hirsch Award for Most Promising Manitoba Writer at the Manitoba Book Awards but is still waiting for the Most Googled Poet By Perverts nod. When not being bookish, Ariel likes tromping through the woods and taking macro photographs of mushrooms.

 

Sketch by Heather Spears.

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Primipara

"A woman who is pregnant for the first time or who has borne just one child."
Webster's New World Dictionary.


If I had had twins, I would have eaten one.

If I had had twins, I would have cracked
a beatific smile. "Thanks,"
"but no." And primly given it/them back.

If I had had twins, I would have tucked
them under my arms like footballs or small perfect
hand-grenades aimed at my breasts: fuck.

If I had had twins, I would have kept mum.

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