
Talking Politics With My Mother by Stephanie Axley-Cordial-
My mother was voted most likely to be the first female president. My mother is a lawyer. Her brain moves so fast she can only ask questions in threes. Did

My mother was voted most likely to be the first female president. My mother is a lawyer. Her brain moves so fast she can only ask questions in threes. Did

No calendar warned me about this weather— one minute my body was a small house, windows flung open. The next, a furnace clanking to life like a protest. I

On our fourth date, you tell me that some salmon don’t die after spawning. The technical term for this behaviour is iteroparity, but the fish are more commonly known as

Nor rearrange the window dressing again Apocalypse is not a hibiscus flower Cannot turn death into a tea The bombs will not be my grandfather’s bottle of Presidente With so

Catch a glimpse of me through my living room window in my oversized cat sweatshirt, kissing my sons, who are also cats. Find me mysterious, intriguing, sexy in an unhinged





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