This is what's left simmering on low on an early morning stove steaming up the windows. This is a naked ritual, a hot womb here in the pot. This is the good magic of becoming animal again. These are the bones that winter predicted - sparsely meaty. This is their final offering.
Jennifer Lothrigel is a poet and artist in the San Francisco Bay area. She is the author of Pneuma (Liquid Light Press, 2018), Wormhole Weaver (self published, 2022), and Secret Futures (Bottlecap Press, 2023.) Her work has also been published in Phoebe Journal, Arcturus, Dash Literary Journal, and Adanna Journal, amongst others.