Nesting Doll
Plump procreant ground
down until bland
enough to empty,
to bear, clammed
in her place.
Cleaved into wood,
black core, arms
fist-grip twist
her in two,
smiling, “I did.”
Helen Freeman published Broken post-accident in Oman. Since then she has completed several online courses and has poems in magazines like Your One Phone Call and Clear Poetry. Brought up in Kenya, she now lives between Edinburgh and Riyadh.