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Another collection that captures feelings so sharply.
It opens with Hello My Name is Also Jacques Rancourt which explores inherited identities and includes the line “… cannot pronounce | our own names properly.” which touched me with my own poor pronunciation of Gwilym.
From the sequence Novena
9.
Our Lady with Dreadlocks, I watch from behind
curtains as you sit before your mirror,
a twelve-blub crown, and slide the wig off your scalp.
Your upturned cups resting on the cosmetic table,
stubble returning to you like spring grass.
When you discover me in the reflection,
you tell me to come closer. Mother, into your lap
I submit my face, and we hold each other like men.
Stroke my hair now and at the hour of my death.
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