Sophie Lynne Creations

I asked my mom when we got in the car

why the woman in the waiting room lowered herself

so slowly

as if something in her would break

I shifted my lollipop from left cheek to right

and my mom said:

“she was pregnant–

you have to be ginger”

so I asked her if she sat slowly when she held me

and when I got on the bus the next morning

I practiced lowering myself down with my hands

and I held my breath over each bump

because I felt like that might help too