"watch me open this egg! the first woman said cracking the - TopicsExpress

"watch me open this egg! the first woman said cracking the pearly skin against a cold metal tin a swift separation a dead yellow gem there, it’s open she said watch me open this egg! the second woman said placing the orb in the encircling arms of a nest holding it to her chest for ten thousand breaths patience, she said and said and said and said … and the egg opened itself." -Alexandra Franzen