V is for

blue
purple
brown
yellow

like an animated cloud tattoo
slowly floating
spreading from my pelvis
outward

a mons pubis
swelling forward
beyond my stomach

between my legs
stitches hold together
the newly shaped V

blood-soaked pads

pee exiting as a wide spade
then dripping off my thighs

painful healing
chaotic exhaustion

in all this I see—

I have a vulva
I have a vulva
I have a vulva

and it's pretty!