MOTHERHOOD MEANS IMMOLATION TO MY MOTHER, A POEM BY MOSHKUR AJIKOBI
the last time hunger threatened to kill me,
\nmy mother cut her flesh & fed me.
\n& when my oesophagus was like a desert that
\nmy saliva wasn\u2019t suffice to wage war against
\nThis episode is also available as a blog post: https://poemifypublishers.com/motherhood-means-immolation-to-my-mother-a-poem-by-moshkur-ajikobi/