Ultrasound at the High-Risk Clinic
bones, kidneys, and brain
on a screen we see it through the skin
wrinkled and porous like a sponge
five and a half pounds
and lots of hair, they say
the technology gets better every year
four chambers whooshing blood
we hear the echo through the room
hollow like a steel drum
then, what we came to hear:
no signs of defect—
he didn’t get his daddy’s heart
it must be mine he’ll keep