Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head by Warsan Shire

Author:Warsan Shire [Shire, Warsan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2022-03-02T00:00:00+00:00

SAINT HOOYO

Hooyo with a beauty mark

above her lip, qibla,

Hooyo dyes her hair in the sink.

Hooyo knows someone’s been watching

porn on the family computer.

Hooyo doesn’t call your bluff.

Hooyo saw you climb out of that man’s car last night.

Hooyo found your stash.

Hooyo sees you sinking, swimming with the orcas.

Hooyo prays for your salvation.

Hooyo understands your stump of a tongue.

Hooyo saw the blood.

Hooyo, patron saint of

my children have different passports to me.

Hooyo, blessed saint of

raising them too far from home.

I don’t recognize my own children

they speak and dream in the wrong language

as much as I understand

it may as well be the language of birds.

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