Memory of Poland

wagon,

tumbling over cobblestone.

our future’s so solid that gray looks warm.

 

— dzień dobry —

gray sky spits on the ground.

my grandmother’s grandfather is here in the dirt.

 

red,

an ink spot that shouldn’t be,

spilled on a notebook, smudging the words until

 

mały blondyn

learned English so that he could say

“hello cousin.”…

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