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Maude Washington

May 3, 2018

JEANETTE

 

My mother had more than a handful of children;

so her strength was forced to multiply,

like a tumor that slept under a magnifying glass.

 

In the summer,

in record-degree heat,

she walked for miles;

feet too tired to complain.

 

She carried bags of groceries in her hands

that were equivalent to the weight of a two toddlers—sitting on both sides

of her hips.

 

But on the weekends, she’d wipe the opinions made by bystanders

with the back of her hand,

dancing: fearlessly, through the fire of tragedy.

 

And I learned how to survive by watching her swim through brick walls.


Maude Washington is a poet and freelance writer. Her work has appeared in The Blue Nib and The Faithful Creative.

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