A spoken word, media-rich poem by Ana Maria Caballero.
From Caballero’s new manuscript, MAMMAL, which explores how biology delimits cultural rites and was designated as a Manuscript of Exceptional Merit by Tupelo Press.
Caballero's signature, straightforward verse gives voice to what’s left unsaid in that all-important space of home.
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Guessing Game
A child requires its mother
Me:
my fascination
my amplitude
my devotion
my parameter
my consequence
my brink
The child does not speak
I:
its mother
must offer all
to unearth
the many-headed thing
it wants
as need