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MOTHER TONGUE
and the Parting of Lips
A beloved collection of poems by Umaa
THE COILED ONE
I confuse the confused
Anger the angry
Poison the addicted
My coils rest heavy
At the bottom
Of your toxic body
I am the trap door
And the key
Turn me and I'll shatter your delusions
Straighten me and I'll penetrate your fears
I am here to churn the remembering
To spurn the forgetting
Coiled up you can slide my spiral
Into your dumbed-down demise
Straight up, I'll break the code and rise
Unfurling the shining fibers of your awakening
Raise up out of the vault my forked tongue
Supernatural-voiced I proclaim
Unity in all difference
© 2014 Uma Inder
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