Maracas
for Angelica
M. S. Garcia

press breast milk
out of her body

when our eyes meet
we smile

little else are we
able to say to each other

little else are we
able to undersrand

I understand
she's had a baby recently

nine months old

press her breasts
folds her arms
across her chest

"Leche!" she says
in response to curiosity

to questioning I
to questioning eyes

and squeezes more
to find relief

to release milk
her breasts
are too filled with


© Obediah Michael Smith, 2009
7:20 p.m. 20.02.09