Eye

Suddenly over the biology test
of conception he remembers
tinkling walls and sparks
and the moment before the prick entered
and the mask-wearing man
held his breath to push.
the sphere yielded choice-less
the gametes arched their coils
and helplessly accommodated

he knows adequate temperature, balanced viscosity
but no pink glow
only one massive eye verifying his multiplication of cells

miles away mommy reads cosmo
while daddy shakes hands

(she had her tummy tucked a little later
comforting, the masked man smiled,
pop had hair plugs inserted
the masked man smiled, comforting)

he draws the eye absently on the edge of the paper
comforting iris
masked maker
Deoxyribonucleic Acid manipulator.