consider the infinite fragility of an infant's skull, how t… - Lisa Suhair Majaj

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consider the infinite fragility of an infant's skull,
how the bones lie soft and open
only time knitting them shut

Lisa Suhair Majaj

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Lisa Suhair Majaj (born 1960) is a Palestinian-American poet and scholar.

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These words are the weight
cupped in our palms:
the small broken note of freedom.

Now we walk out into the tunnel of days
and a million memories rustle

See how we save even the broken bits of pottery,
fitting fragments together
along jagged lines to remember you

consider the infinite fragility of an infant's skull, how the bones lie soft and open only time knitting them shut - Lisa Suhair Majaj

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