Jagged with Love

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JaGGeD WITH Love JaGGeD WITH Love Susanna Childress THe UllWerSITY OFWISCOllSIll press The University ofWisconsin Press 1930 Monroe Street, 3rd Floor Madison, WlSconsin 53711-2059 uwpress.wisc.edu 3 Henrietta Street London WC2E 8LU, England eurospanbookstore.com Copyright Q 2005 The Board ofRegents of the University ofWisconsin System All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any format or by any means, digital, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, or conveyed via the Internet or a website without written permission of the University ofWisconsin Press, except in the case ofbrief quotations embedded in critical articles and reviews. Printed in the United States ofAmerica Library ofCongress Cataloging-in-PublicationData Childress, Susanna. Jaggedwithlove I Susanna Childress. p. em.-(Brittingham prize inpoetry) ISBN o-~99-~1~6o-~ (alk. paper)-ISBN o-~99-~1~64-5 (phk. : a1k. paper) 1. Title. II. Brittinghamprize inpoetry (Series) PS3603.H557J34 ~oo5 811'.6-d~~ ~oo501oo79 ISBN-13: 978-0-299-21264-3 (pbk: alk. paper) ISBN-13: 978-0-299-21263-6 (e-book) For 119 mother and Mary Brown, the most remarkable women I know: I want to be both obou when Igrow up. For Derartu Motuma and Mikery Pierre, who will never read this: I thank Godforyour lives. ...