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    Three Poems by Sheri Benning

    Mar 09, 2021 2 minutes

    OF

    the baby, name lost. 1906. Spring born,
    almond and blackthorn in bloom. Meadowsweet,
    chickweed, petals of milk on her lips.

    Spider-silk saliva from mouth to crab apple fists,
    on Mother’s lap, the train from Kiev to Minsk
    after the last harvest in Tiegenort.

    Teething, feverish, pinpricked cheeks, Mother sings
    Kniereiter to distract
    —bouncing, bouncing baby.

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