Crowding into the nest,
caught by the tantilizing rub of a key,
burned the flavors we associate with
seasons and the times of day.

Pockets formed the size of carrots
in shapes of nautilus fossils and water wheels,
snails, Freudian skull-caps and the view through the swirling eyes of a mole.
This is clearest to the fetus
fed blood through a gut-tunnel eggplant fluff,
harnessed by an outstretched slick
that rings with songs of the spirit.