Sport 37: Winter 2009
What I said at the hearing
What I said at the hearing
I was born the year
Billie Holiday died
I was born the year
I was born
I had these children
and lost my wits—
I meant to keep
breathing
that thump like sails turning
is fear
there are so many ways to listen
and so many ways to speak—
how do I know what you asked me?
how do I know what I said?
I learned from Billie
a tip to ease the suffering—
once I finish walking over rocks
I can sit on my coat
and dangle my feet in the water