Sophocles and My Dadu
A grandfather's burst vein, a bard's monologue, both silenced across continents.
Read more โCareful feeding, sweet words, and deep comfort under a hand-placed blanket.
You fed me fish
You fed me such that no fish bones
slick my tongue
You fed me cornflake pistachios and kishmish swimming in lukewarm milk
Perfectly warm
such that no heat
burns my lips
You fed me imlee off of your veril And
I made the face of a six year old To
watch you laugh
You fed me the taste of a curry
off of your palm
to see if I want it saltier
like the sea ~ that you are
You fed me a poem for breakfast One
too many
And my belly was full of love
And sweet lovewords
You wrote
Perhaps when I went into a deep sleep
Under a blanket
That you put on me