THE DAINTY MONSTERS
Michael
Ondaatje
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She Carries a ‘Fat Gold Watch’
Like spring your stomach has grown
in what is now a seasonal event.
Carrying a second Sweeney under ribs
you plant flowers for his graduation
as if you want his first sight
not to be your tanned bright smile
but acres of coloured bending petals.
Meanwhile your face
averts the gazes
and you betray
your silent child
only when stretching for a lilac.
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