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Dumpling Heart
by Katie Simpson
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Rated "G" by the Author.
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Wonderful child with a heart like a dumpling.
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Dumpling heart
We knew when she was born.
The way she smiled; the
plumpness of her cheeks,
her round ribcage. She
was just a kid – but she sang
instead of crying.
She would gather things
in her arms. Anything.
Keys and shoes and onions,
the cat, flowers, milk.
She’d hold them together –
wrap them up. The
girl was a miracle.
I mean it. Magnet and grout.
She had a heart wrapped
tightly in sweet starch.
All the good in the
world inside it.
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