MOTHER

Earth is not just my mother

she is the mother of earth

she births herself each day

no movie theater claw-foot tub birth

infinity decomposition arid

condensation birth

sediment birth

double rainbow

mucus pockmark birth

crow's feet sun spot 

fungus birth 

manmade brocade like a  

doctor’s thin blanket

laid out across 

her pulsing body

as she delivers

herself

to herself.