The child's teeth click against the marble.
Her ear is crushed cold against the slab,
The dredged flour almost brushed by her hair
She traces with her eye her mother's hand.
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The man in this poem seems to me to be a family member, perhaps a brother or father? There is a touch of sorrow in it, as though the poet is hurting. Her life is 'sour' which indicates that she is suffering or bitter or sorrowful about a past event. '
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The man in this poem seems to me to be a family member, perhaps a brother or father? There is a touch of sorrow in it, as though the poet is hurting. Her life is 'sour' which indicates that she is suffering or bitter or sorrowful about a past event. '