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Literary Journal for Young Writers

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Babel (Sister to Sister)

By Jane McBride

I get my words from our father
I don’t mean the one above me
He’s in the backyard burning books
To show me that he loves me

I get my courage from our mother
We need no one to acquit us
I speak the language of her brother
A lot of good it ever did us

It’s fine with me
If we disagree
But let’s not misunderstand each other

 

Jane McBride (she/her) is a senior at Columbia University studying Creative Writing and Religion. Her work has appeared in Quarto Literary Magazine.

Filed Under: Poetry Tagged With: December 2022

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