Getting pregnant is easy or so it's been said Your husband just looks at you Mine too. And a team of doctors, nurses, embryologists The room is full of frenzy when I conceive I just need to put it out of my head To take a vacation, you say — as if treatment has not already swallowed my savings Because getting pregnant is simple But if it's not happening for me It might be my diet; something wrong I can't see "I told you!" you'll say when I finally have happy news to share I w

Just have faith, you say to me As simply as suggesting I switch to fat-free A diet pill for the insidious craving of my soul Feeding me empty calories you've learned to swallow whole Your words an equivocation to a much deeper ache Finding myself tempted by the fruit from a snake The wisdom of deities a worthy addiction Unwilling to stake roots in the topsoil of your conviction What sort of blind faith do you wish upon me, I implore Is your god afraid of me asking for more? M