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Poetry |

Collective Nouns

By Elizabeth M. Castillo

Is there a collective noun for mothers?

An accumulation?

A segregation?

A judgement? A liberation?

A grieving? A receiving?
An emptiness? A bleeding?

An exhaustion. An imperfection.
An abandon. A rejection.

A yawn. An aching. A reflection.
A scarring. A tearing. A concern.
A caution. A disproportion. An idolatry.

A learning?

An exasperation. A personification. A regret.
An ammunition? A juxtaposition?

A breath. A suffocation.

A deliberation.

A chance.

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