Half of Infinity

Once I saw two
ropes turning.

I couldn't see the ocean
ends. I watched

them slowly come back
to themselves. A friend

swam with dolphins
at five months. A pup

close to her belly. The guide
said, He hears the second

heartbeat; he doesn't understand
how this can be. Nor me. Nor me.

Deborah Bacharach

Literary Mama November 2011