Erica Jong

26 March 1942 / New York City

The Man Giving Birth In The Dark

The man giving birth in the dark
has died
& come back
to life again,

is stretching out his arms
in the dark
as if to embrace
favorite ghosts.

His heart stops
& starts.
Once more
he has been pardoned

for nothing.
It is my father
making the darkness
into daughters.
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