Animal

I’ve given you
the underside
of my belly
smooth and white
the same underside
I lay shivering
behind bushes with
as I held in
my innards
after a fast claw
with one swipe
spilled out
all my good fruits
I held them into
myself
until they healed
I may have dropped
a few here and there
but now there is smoothness
and white
and I trust you
not to swipe me

~Jenny