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For the first month of life, I was unnamed - Julia Kolchinsky "Naming"

Because neither would bend their letters - Julia Kolchinsky "Naming"

Stolen by Baba Yaga's wicked swan-geese - Julia Kolchinsky "Naming"

Who stays silent for seven years - Julia Kolchinsky "Naming"

Sewing twelve sweaters out of nettles - Julia Kolchinsky "Naming"

Must wear a wing instead of an arm - Julia Kolchinsky "Naming"

Feet bare and untouched against coarse stone - Julia Kolchinsky "Naming"

Admitted this name could not belong to me - Julia Kolchinsky "Naming"

Some sudden spell Soviet doctors connected to his heart - Julia Kolchinsky "Naming"

In our people's way of wearing our dead - Julia Kolchinsky "Naming"

Because two syllables are an easier loss to bear - Julia Kolchinsky "Naming"

Named for a man none of us could save - Julia Kolchinsky "Naming"

Refusing to give up the sky - Julia Kolchinsky "Naming"


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