The world begins with
white bread toast
just crisp enough
to hold a fold
like a birthday card.
Strong tea, bag left in
margarine scraped
from the corner of a pot
by a hand which still tingles
holding a blue-striped plate.
A newborn life
in a Perspex cot.
Elizabeth Osmond is a neonatal doctor and poet. Her work has featured in several publications including The Alchemy Spoon, Ink Sweat and Tears, Atrium and the Intima. She won prizes in both the 2021 and 2024 Hippocrates competitions for poetry and medicine. Find her on Bluesky @bethosmond.bsky.social or Instagram @osmond_beth .
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