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HBO came out with a doc called, Middlesex: Redefining He and She. it's amazing.
also,
crime
long before we knew her voice cradled a knife
my sister carried a puddle in her belly
made from the juice my mother fed her.
only from the right breast, only once a day.
never enough milk to kill the flies in her stomach,
just the amount to keep her basin growing.
my sister was always a small child.
face crooked and mouth desperate to chew.
once i found her on the floor of the kitchen,
teeth tearing splinters from a spoon.
also,
crime
long before we knew her voice cradled a knife
my sister carried a puddle in her belly
made from the juice my mother fed her.
only from the right breast, only once a day.
never enough milk to kill the flies in her stomach,
just the amount to keep her basin growing.
my sister was always a small child.
face crooked and mouth desperate to chew.
once i found her on the floor of the kitchen,
teeth tearing splinters from a spoon.