If the First Woman Came

if the first woman came

if the first woman came
from man’s rib, the next
came from her
mother’s, as all
subsequent women
have come. from an
embrace the size of
one enduring
lullaby, we
are double-dyed in her
image, imprinted,
impressed
.

Yi-Ching Lin

Posted over on Yi's Bits on "Healthy Doses"