I.

 

Hair and throat in a knot,
A blue ribbon tied around her head.

The little girl dips a spider in boiling water.

Legs crossed,
in the shade of a reed,
she turns yellow from head to toe.

Her cramps again.
Peeled mangoes,
the pit swallowed by mistake,
a raw steak.
That's all.

 

 

n e x t

 

 

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