Barbara van der Vossen’s most recent poem to appear here was “Salt and Dragons” (February 2018).
Battered
By Barbara van der Vossen
At my house
through the concrete cracks
Susan with her black eye
proliferates and takes up space
toes pushed through tiny fissures
she stretches her legs
says here I am and see
what I made in this earth beneath . . .
Battered? No, not me.
Good job on my memories.