Moths & Origami Children by Ojo Taiye

Moths & Origami Children

by Ojo Taiye

published in Whale Road Review, Winter 2018

i taste my mother’s sicknessin my mouth & analyzethe spittle: (grief lies foldedin a woman’s hand)what we’ve left behindcan be disturbing can i touch your throat?a pile of daylight composedof many meaningsnames emerge from the centreof each thing love. butterfly fields of daisies. mother blood. moths are burning mid-flight &...