To my child I want to be famous
the way the Gorge is famous:
grand and calming all at once.
Solid underfoot as its bridge,
Eden-like to elk
small as dolls so far below.
I will be the breasts of clouds
that nurse the thirsty desert
into flower-covered bloom.
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Julie Ebin is a queer human whose work explores sensuality, finding stillness in nature, and motherhood. Her work has appeared in Solstice, Literary Mama, and Off the Coast. A co-founder of the writing group v.e.r.b.a.t.i.m., Ebin lives in Arlington, Massachusetts, with one child and her neighbor’s cat.