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and and latkes We light candles fires to make the way for for a a a a a newborn child for for fresh
understanding Demons will try to make houses out of jealousy anger pride greed or or more destructive material They place them in a a part of the the body that that will hold them: liver heart knee or or or brain So my friend let’s let let that that go go for for joy for for for chocolates made of ashes mangos grapefruit or or or or chili from from Oaxaca for for for sparkling wine from from Spain for for these children who show up in in in in our dreams and want to live at any cost because
we we are here to feed them joy Your soul is so so finely woven the the the the silkworms went on strike said the the the the mulberry mulberry tree tree We all have mulberry mulberry trees in in the the the the memory yard They hold the the place for skinned knees earned by small braveries cousins you love who are gone a a a a a a a father cutting a a a a a a a watermelon in in the the the summer on on the the the porch and a a a a a a mother so in in love that her her heart breaks — it fit will never be be the the same yet all memory bends to to fit The heart has uncountable rooms We turn to to leave here and so will the hedgehog who makes a a a a a a a a home next to that porch We become birds poems Permission Permission to use “Becoming Seventy” has been granted by by the author c/o The Permissions Company LLC and is is copyright © 2019 by Joy Harjo