I circle the circle,
orbit your abdomen , pale extended
There, the nick on the surface
of your planet
where the surgeons took the remnant connection
of you to mother
land

I panicked when you were under
too frightened
of losing you, I gave permission
for them to take that piece of home
and later kissed, what is still missing

// The Globe of Your Belly by Jourdan Keith

// located at Swedish First Hill Campus

// on Seattle Poetic Grid

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