Tender by Toi Derricotte

Author:Toi Derricotte [Derricotte, Toi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780822978527
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press

The man in the bookstore on Craig asks,

“Where have you been for the last eight years.”

You didn't think he knew your name.

“Buried,” you answer.

Maybe you were like those locusts, red-eyed,

eating.

“Your shoulders used to be boxy,

as if you were always trying.

You're milder now,” an old friend explains.

VI

Dead Baby Speaks

i am taking in taking in

like a lump of a dead baby

on the floor mama kicks me

i don't feel anything

i am taking in taking in

i am reading newspapers

i am seeing films

i am reading poetry

i am listening to psychiatrists, friends

someone knows the way

someone will be my mother

& tell me what to think

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