"Hold it like a wand, you say as I guide the blade across shaved skin, into layers of yellow fat and fascia stained crimson. With gloved fingers we tug at the wound's gaping edges until we've exposed the bulging uterus, round and smooth as a large D'Anjou pear. " from "First Crash Cesarean" Peter Pereira ppereira5@aol.com Peter Pereira is a family physician in Seattle, and a founding editor of Floating Bridge Press. He won a 1997 Discovery/The Nation Award, and has received poetry awards from Artist Trust, Seattle Arts Commision, King County Arts Commision, and Seattle Arts Commission. His first chapbook, The Lost Twin, was published by Grey Spider Press in 2000. He won the 2002 Hayden Carruth Award, and his book Saying the World will be published by Copper Canyon in 2003-4 Publications/publishers: The Lost Twin (Grey Spider Press) ISBN 1-58249-006-6 (paper); 1-58249-005-8 (hard bound) Saying the World (Copper Canyon, forthcoming) Other Literary Activities: I am a founding editor of Floating Bridge Press, home of the annual Floating Bridge Poetry Chapbook Award for Washington State poets, and the annual Pontoon poetry anthology. Visit the Floating Bridge website at www.scn.org/arts/floatingbridge, for more information.