Second Spring
- Laura Culberg & Kate Poux
- May 13
- 1 min read
by Guest Blogger Nina Willow
Ovum
Ovulation
Ovulatory

Anovulatory
Menarche
Menses
Menorrhea
Menopause
Baby ovaries in mother's wombs with a lifetime of ova
Wombs in wombs in wombs
Eggs with the potential
Desired or not
Capable or not
To create from themselves another being
Fruits of our labor
An evolutionary imperative to receive hold carry produce Month after month after month after month
Pudendum, from the Latin pudere, to be ashamed
Culture imposes meaning on our bodies
meaning which inserts itself into our psyches
To hold
To produce
To empty oneself
Vomit
Shit
Piss
Birth
How many people have I carried:
My mother
Her mother
My father
My brother
My lovers
Their mothers
My mother my mother my mother
My children (but they were explicitly invited)
My womb has been inhabited since the day I was born
Probably even before that
All of those people I carried subsisted on my blood and my nutrients Blood and nutrients
Ovum
Ova
I'm glad they're gone
I decline to carry anyone else's life in my body from here on out
I retire from your cycle of life
This is my second spring and this time I am only birthing myself
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