Sept 1 Reading: Mariah's Pick

This is a selection from Michaela Mullin's Tenable Cant.

Family Portrait

We are hungry,

kneeling.

        

With our hands

                 we dig into earth

                                as if chased by oxygen.

Not situated in, but near

         what we wet.

We drink each hand free

of deep-red clay.

You can hear more of Michaela Mullin's poetry on September 1, 7pm at Beaverdale Books.