POEM: Of Mummy and Daddy By Temmy Jake
of mummy and daddy… just after it rained/ my mother left for market/ leaving me with a neighbor/ doris’s mother/ doris/ a beauty
of mummy and daddy… just after it rained/ my mother left for market/ leaving me with a neighbor/ doris’s mother/ doris/ a beauty
and humanity was empty/ except for his bones/ blood and bare flesh/ and humanity found word in multiple/ and humanity realized/ like his weaver/ that only words can fill this gap/ created by the heart in his body