If UltraSound Machines Break Down
If ultrasound machines of the world all break down
We had better make friends with nocturnal bats.brown.
They use ultrasound to locate and navigate
There is one hanging by my west garden gate
Vampire bats could help us diagnose disease
Be polite and make sure you use thank you and please
Nurses and doctors will have to be trained to be
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Categories:
ultrasound, animal,
Form: Rhyme
Ultrasound
Ultra-sound
I see you.
I see you there,
inside of me.
How can that be?
What a miracle you are?
What a joy to come in my life.
I am thankful for the gift,
I do not deserve.
Let my heart do all that it can,
to preserve the treasure,
that I have been given.
To
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Categories:
ultrasound, angel, baby, child, childhood,
Form: Free verse
I Can Hear Ultrasound
I can hear ultrasound.
No, you can’t.
Yes, I can. I hear it now.
No, you don’t.
Yes, I do. I really do. I can see ultraviolet lights too.
No, you can’t unless you are an alien.
Exactly.
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Categories:
ultrasound, 7th grade, 8th grade,
Form: Light Verse
Ultrasound Womb Drown
Estrogen translator of old Kolkata gender fears,
mother sanctuary taker of New Delhi labor tears
Women of masculine oppression
struggling to stay afloat in the sea of Me Too
Their babies are drowning in the womb
of testosterone misogynist no never can do
The ultrasound of their pain
has long been a silent vexing
An unwarranted touch always came
with a promised organizational
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Categories:
ultrasound, abuse, society, truth, women,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Ultrasound of An Unborn Child
We saw the ultrasound of your unborn child
Early this morning, still awakening
When at the speed of light
It raced across the internet finding its way
Into our home and hearts.
Your mother began to cry and I
Was stunned and stupefied
At the reality of it all, remembering when
You were one time just so small.
I wondered
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Categories:
ultrasound, childhood, daughter, family, mother,
Form: Free verse