- Damnatio Memoriae
In Dante’s circles, the Ninth and coldest holds the most infamous traitors. Frozen to the waist, guilty of betraying their families. Frigid, barren, I am a mother to nothing. Which fits my crime. [End Page 881]
Cindy King, originally from Cleveland, Ohio, currently lives in Lancaster, Texas, and is an assistant professor of English at the University of North Texas, Dallas. Her poems have appeared in Callaloo, North American Review, L.A. Review, Barrow Street, and elsewhere.