smarani makes prayer - Safia Elhillo

verily everything that is lost will be
given a name & will not come back
but will live forever

& verily a border-shaped wound will
be licked clean        by songs naming
the browngirl        in particular        verily she
will not heal but        verily the ghosts will
not leave her alone verily when asked how
she got her name        if telling the truth        she
will say        [a woman died        & everything
                                wants a home]


De: The January Children, University of Nebraska Press, 2017.

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