Mirena

Mirena

Three years ago

a butterfly entered

my body.

Her name, Mirena—

of the sea—

not just an IUD.

Placed precisely in my cervix

Fluttering through a plush landscape,

Searching for sustenance.

Mirena’s proboscis extends,

attaches to the thickened wall--

feasting on fertility--

ingesting both life and death.

Published in antiBody Anthology, 2018