Eva Ström: Mother says

Mother says that it’s a memory

Mother says that it’s a memory

and I can have it

I can have her memory

and fasten it to mine, it’s got frayed edges

It’s not some grey rag, it’s silk

and you won’t leave me will you, mother says

Miracles exist, she says and I say

that I will hem the scarf and make it whole

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