"These lines are for a child who counts out potatoes
— TriQuarterly (@TriQuarterlyMag) May 26, 2018
And hands them to his mother,
She rinses them in the village stream—"
"Red Bird" by Meena Alexander in TQ 141 https://t.co/CmDRbLO8tn pic.twitter.com/X2BLdgqsf2