Author: Michael Maul

  • Baby’s Breath

    Baby’s Breath

    For the wedding you worebaby’s breath in your hairto quietly remindthat also in your dresswas a fetus tangled deep insidein tubes and hidden roomsatop an anatomical slippery slide. Tiny then, as the blossoms in your crown,but already sharing air with youand eating smuggled food inside.  As the baby grewthere were timesyou breathed for me, too,when…