Her belly is veiled
in lacework, embroidered
with silver, crimson, weft
and warp, destiny. Swathe
of scars, interpolations, text
of an opal genome, a palimpsest
of truth-telling, cathedral satin,
chantilly, guipure, pearlescent
tracery, the pinprick pains
of needlepoint, body's fabric
giving way to prophecy, the separating
strands of corium and scarfskin
interlacing, drawing her
to a single spellbound morning
of unveiling.