I've been watching him for seven days His hands pale hee-ho-hee-ho-hee-ho knuckles moving beneath the skin foetuslike hee-ho-hee-ho-hee-ho
I've caught seven foxes
and placed them on the river bank each night I give him one hee-ho-hee-ho-hee-ho counting down the days till we are one and clothe his heart in fur hee-ho-hee-ho-hee-ho
I sing of arms and the man his arms that wake each morning white-knuckled and that copy claw gestures 7 6 5 7 6 5 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 and here I go...
I take him in I take this body whole so thin like a spine hee-ho-hee-ho-hee-ho I thread him on inside of mine and we are one and we are one hee-ho-hee-ho-heeeee-ho
and his is the fur at last I see his eyes inside my mouth even when he sneaks into my bones forever unborn now finally I am a mother finallyIamamotherhee-ho-hee-ho-hee-ho