A8
Collective Memory
Excerpt from novel: A longitudinal case study into motherlessness.

if there’s a difference between

adaptability and forgetfulness
i’d like to know it,
because it seems that the sooner
one forgets where one was,
the sooner they can find comfort where they are.
which is why i cannot find comfort out here,
wombless.
how can i be expected to forget
the warmth of oneness?

Samson Manoah