Rachael Inciarte
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Rachael Inciarte's first chapbook, What Kind of Seed Made You, is forthcoming from Finishing Line Press. They hold an MFA from Emerson College, and their poetry appears in Poetry NorthwestNormal SchoolRadar Poetry and others. Rachael lives in California and is growing a garden. Find them at www.rachaelinciarte.com

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eggshells

there is no nest made too soft
when you consider how brittle the egg

an entire world swimming below the bloom
threadbare as a summer sheet


the reason mother birds are such careful carpenters
why we parallel pregnancy and nesting

is just this: the world is overfilled with sharp edges
and bereft of soft landings