She harbors thousands
of possible children;
scraping the night

off their eyelids. They graze
on her, devoutly
as antelope. She is an oasis

breathing. They are
anchored to her
waters, forgone

by blood and bone.
Monthly, she hollows
and inflates:

a human moon.

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Maria Theresa Ib is a 24 year old BA student and guidance counsellor at University of Southern Denmark, Kolding.

Her work has been published in the Danish literary magazine Hvedekorn, American Studies in Scandanavia, Rain Dog (UK), and in an upcoming issue of Braquemard (UK) and the January edition of ezine Caught in the Net.

She can be reached at mti77@orangenet.dk