Alexis David
A Topography of Motherhood
The fog lays over the hollow hills and I am here dreaming.
I pair the sound of death with the taste of ginger.
The moment of birth with the memory of bones.
Before I take my tea, the rain comes.
The streets are full of lanterns.
The fog lifts and I fold my legs beneath me.
I wipe your chin with a cotton cloth.
Alexis David is a book critic, poet and fiction writer who holds an MFA from New England College. Dancing Girl Press published her chapbook The Names of Animals I Have Loved. Her poetry manuscript was a finalist at June Road Press, Lily Poetry Review and Black Sunflowers Press; before this, it was distinguished as a manuscript of extraordinary merit from Tupelo Press. Links to her other published work can be found here: https://alexisldavid.wixsite.com/alexis/.