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“Silk-threads”, “Amma” and “My Brother’s Garden”

In Issue 19 by Babitha Marina JustinOctober 31, 2018

in my homeland little girls and
grandmothers are knotted with silk-threads
called stories
grandmothers walk nimble-footed
to the past, careful not to fall into
memory’s ditch
little girls traipse on it, tumbling
on fantasy and sport, daring
to dream

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