18. How to insert a tampon

How to insert a tampon
according to my mom
you break your virginity in half and bless 
the boy you give it to
and when he eats it
you become lighter
there is less God in your bowl
You spread your legs and he spreads his fingers
and God flows out of you
The boy makes more room for himself in you,
displacing more of the baptismal water
that you were flushed with at birth
a balloon ready to pop with all that holy 
pressure
and you widen, stretch, bigger than
your religion ever allowed women to get
unless they were carrying a man's child
and when it's done, you can insert a tampon
you are now shaped to accommodate one