West Trade Review: "eggshells" by Rachael Inciarte

Rachael Inciarte

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Rachael Inciarte's first chapbook, What Kind of Seed Made You, is forthcoming from Finishing Line Press. They hold an MFA from Emerson College, and their poetry appears in Poetry Northwest, Normal School, Radar Poetry and others. Rachael lives in California and is growing a garden. Find them at www.rachaelinciarte.com

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eggshells

there is no nest made too soft

when you consider how brittle the egg

an entire world swimming below the bloom

threadbare as a summer sheet

the reason mother birds are such careful carpenters

why we parallel pregnancy and nesting

is just this: the world is overfilled with sharp edges

and bereft of soft landings