Amy Cerniglia

And She Will Gather Us

Cupping lips with mitted hands to summon us
inside, she offers fresh-baked bread wafting over our clamor,
some of us debating decades-old wounds such

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And She Will Gather Us

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Cupping lips with mitted hands to summon us
inside, she offers fresh-baked bread wafting over our clamor,
some of us debating decades-old wounds such as who broke the china Mom left behind, priceless, irreplaceable, some of our hands guiltily empty    because we forgot
promised sides. And there, new neighbors won’t stop laughing
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