Friday 19 October 2012

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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