Sunday, January 2, 2011

New Zealand Poem III: Mother's Daughter, Daughter's Mother


in common, they share
freckles, a toothsome grin, a yen for
science, bossy and opinionated, short and
curly hair

where on distant glaciers
in far off lands, one arm flung across
another’s shoulders, they touch
while maintaining the required
distance of that age

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