Barrrbarrra
Daughter #2 / Ghazal #1 / Mother #3
Today I name my second daughter Barrrbarrra
She will roll those r's just like I taught her: Barrrbarrra
My barbarian baby, born to be barbarous
Stranger barely escaped from the slaughter: Barrrbarrra
Outsider baby, rattling the bars, have I cursed you already?
Escapee baby, wiggly otter: Barrrbarrra
I will give her the moon and her childhood and freedom
I'll give her the upside-down thoughts I have thought her: Barrrbarrra
She changes everything by changing nothing,
Being life, fire, danger, water: Barrrbarrra
Named for my mother, mysterious mother of dusk
This baby wriggled away as we caught her: Barrrbarrra
I'm Marie caught between them, my back and my forward
My memory and my destiny, baby and mater: Barrrbarrra
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