what we call in

and i dont know
how this story ends
or even where/when
it
begins

but i can tell you the first day
was re-birthing

and i called her from the page
or she called me

saw her in the upper back right row

and she began to answer

she gave me her
desire
kept it safe in
d
n
a

and now

... i unwind
rewind
stop stop stop
go go go go
begin again
again
begin

lights
audience
stop
begin

and the curtain was not falling
the rope was not cut
she called her baby into being
i called my umma into knowing

and i did the thing i said id never do

stretched limbs
let go
and
danced
without
holding back

told her my whole story
and in the middle of the writing
she calls my name

(oh the irony)

... tell me laurie

did you know this all along?