one-fourth
I am artificially inseminated: a foreigner ... in a native land an embryo ... in an industrial womb I tremble: beneath the rumble of incessant streetcars; clinks of empty coffeecups on bleached café saucers; banter of multilingual conversations; wafts of urine, blowing snow, and baking bread; awaiting the verdict(s) of my implantation I am aware of my duality: (visibile [and] veiled) my skin / my tongue / my hair -- (a shroud that conceals) I am everything but you
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