baby girl Gilmartin, b. Feb. 2, 1970, d. Feb. 2, 1970
after Sean Thomas Dougherty

there is a space
in the universe
where you
do not exist:
the breath
you never took,
the eyes
that did not open,
my two thin arms
with nothing
to hold,
the empty crib,
there is a wound
in the exact shape
of my heart.

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