Foetus

FOETUS

Without guile
the little living bubble
within the womb
came to exist
as fruit implanted
in a rich pasture,
suckling on its mother,
absorbed entirely
within a world
of tissue and cartilage and blood

© GERALD ENGLAND

Composed: Sheffield, 20th January 1970

Publications

1976 MEETINGS AT THE MOOR'S EDGE (West Kirkby, Headland)
1981 DADDYCATION (Ashton under Lyne, New Hope International)