To My Mother on her Birthday - By Jaha Zainabu: to my mother on her birthday

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Saturday, April 7, 2007

to my mother on her birthday

it comes most in the dark of morning / the remembering of stories you never had to tell / truths about daddy i would find out soon enough anyway / or not / luxuries you could not afford / because he gambled the check away sometimes / he chased women sometimes what you had to swallow / hearing us... Sign in to see full entry.

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