Madhouse of Spirits

Coil by Remedios Varo

I unwrap a bar of amaranth soap

and wash my own mouth

the way Mama used to do when I’d been profane…

–Jenn Givhan

(Read full poem at The Collagist)

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Jennifer Givhan, Poet & Novelist