Two hands
to feed
many mouths
and many hands
to gag
a single mouth
A single rib
to make
a woman
and twenty-four ribs
to cage
a heart
Thirty-two teeth
waiting to bite off
a tongue
struggling to find
a universal tongue
for a humankind
armed
to the teeth
Translated from Russian by Francis R. Jones
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