<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=389872" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Gardener</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I am in love with my womb<br>& jealous of it.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I cover it tenderly<br>with a little pink hat<br>(a sort of yarmulke)<br>to protect it from men.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then I listen for the gentle ping<br>of the ovary:<br>a sort of cupid's bow<br>released.<br>I'm proud of that.<br>& the spot of blood<br>in the little hat<br>& the egg so small<br>I cannot see it<br>though I pray to it.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I imagine the inside<br>of my womb to be<br>the color of poppies<br>& bougainvillea<br>(though I've never seen it).</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But I fear the barnacle<br>which might latch on<br>& not let go<br>& fear the monster<br>who might grow<br>to bite the flowers<br>& make them swell & bleed.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">So I keep my womb empty<br>& full of possibility.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Each month<br>The blood sheets down<br>like good red rain.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I am the gardener.<br>Nothing grows without me.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Erica+Jong">Erica Jong</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=389872" data-title="Gardener de Erica Jong" data-description="I am in love with my womb & jealous of it. I cover it tenderly with a little pink hat (a sort of yarmulke) to protect it from men. Then I listen for the gentle ping of the ovary: a sort of cupid's bow released. I'm proud of that. & the spot of b..."></div> </div> </div>

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