Motherhood


 * Women Through Time | Anthology of Poems **

Dorothy Porter (1954 – 2008)
 * Motherhood **

No longer will she flash like //Fantasia// across the sea floor

the giant octopus is dying

in her blue den her clusters of eggs swell like cysts

the giant octopus is dying

her moody vivid nervous system shut down and dun

the giant octopus is dying

her tentacles wave like drowned arms her ink bubbles away

the giant octopus is dying

she’s got nothing left her eggs took the lot.