The egg
Posted by Aphra Behn on June 16, 2006
The egg is smooth, round, perfect,
speckled brown and green,
heavy with the bird inside -
An astonishing thing to find
by the bathroom door.
On my bed,
the serial-killer purrs.
not once but twice!

Posted by Aphra Behn on June 16, 2006
The egg is smooth, round, perfect,
speckled brown and green,
heavy with the bird inside -
An astonishing thing to find
by the bathroom door.
On my bed,
the serial-killer purrs.
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