The Baby I Want to Have.
By jms xuange.
“The baby i want to have / exlplodes/ from my stomach…“
Gestation by Dorota Chioma.
The Baby I Want to Have
explodes
from my stomach
like a flesh pie splitting with teeth
snapping
gnashing
at the necks of the attendants
wringing
their pink and blue hands
mercilessly
killing me
before I can witness
the extinction of this
mechanistic
metal-fanged mouth
spinning
like a defective toy
through the back alleys of the universe
The Blood Pudding – May 28, 2026
jms xuange writes poems that explore the body, absence, and unstable forms of identity. Their work often moves between the intimate and the procedural, drawing on restraint, rupture, and lyric pressure.
Artwork: Dorota Chioma, a self-taught artist and poet/writer based in London. After years of self-suppression, which was sabotaging her wellbeing, she rediscovered her creativity through art therapy followed by an independent artistic journey. Her artwork explores the varying states concerning the mind and mental health. Engaging in these diverse subjects leads her to a reflection, and in turn to a visual representation. Poetry and writing enables to enhance and further process any themes she is working on. You can find more about her here.