Reminded of Nails

Understand distance

In the denied

To become real

He might be forgotten

Reminded of nails

Frozen again

The sound of his voice

Was unexpected

It was natural

Like mountains

Or the moon

Author's Notes/Comments: 

This is a found poem from p. 189 of The Autobiography of My Mother by Jamaica Kincaid.

MLA citation:
Kincaid, Jamaica.  The Autobigraphy of My Mother.  New York: Plume, 1996.

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