Photographs of Mothers and Daughters
June 21, 2008
you can almost always
see the mother’s hands
the daughter usually
nests in a curve of
the mother’s hair or
neck like it was a cave
the way cats do the
night it starts to snow
Some seem to suck
on the mother’s breath.
You might think the
mother had eyes
in her fingers
Often her hands
are on the daughter’s
shoulders, pulling
her close, as if
she wanted to press
her back inside
Lyn Lifshin has published over 120 books and chapbooks. Her next work, Barbaro: Beyond Brokenness, is due out in 2008. www.lynlifshin.com
