Lisa Haag Kang ​
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Adumbratim: Shadowed Things

Mother, when the moon passes, dark
before the sun like an age

spot on the face of heaven
the corona's sudden brilliance 

unfurls in waves to light the blighted
sky like your smile

on the days you remember 
who I am.


This poem first appeared in Bigger Than They Appear: an Anthology of Very Short Poems
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