Five Minutes (9 weeks?)

The library got me on a course

Write what you want without remorse

A few months ago, some cells clumped together

Decided they'd be a person

Make me sick,

Constipate me

Make the smell of pickled eggs even worse than it already is

So here we are, 9 weeks later

Updates on my phone about what's formed this week

The ears, the eyes

Heartbeats and blood vessels

Due dates and baby names

Cups of caffeine making me feel shame

Trying to navigate pregnancy brain

...I forgot what I came in here for

Maybe if I walk out and then back in through the door...

Weight gain, I think Isaac will be his name

Should it be a boy at all

I'll be heavily burdened come this fall

Belly swinging, disappearing toes

What will this one's temperament be?

I guess we'll be the first to know

Birthmarks, scars, hopefully a breezy birth

I guess I should wait for the ultrasound first

40 seconds, I've run out of thought

Well, I guess this is all I've got

Just filling spaces with empty lines

As a fetus just bides its time