Lit writ
Grandmother, Skawina 2009
Graffiti says Anti Jude
on the brick wall of the grocery store.
Framed painting of the Virgin
lies face-down in her closet.
And her sons ask which cemetery
she wants to be buried in.
Graffiti says Anti Jude
on the A-61 en route to Oswienciem.
Don’t go, she pleads
gripping my hand so tight in hers.
This article originally appeared in Volume 31, Issue 05, published September 14, 2010.
