Shorts

Mother always cut my nails
Short,
Tidy Mother said, you must
Look tidy.

I always cut my nails
Short,
Until one day
I said enough now
Enough.

I let my nails grow
Just beyond
Short, still tidy though
Unlike Mother’s
Fantasy child.

I let my nails grow
Beyond
Mother’s
Vision.

I let my nails grow
Beyond
Mother’s
Wishes.

Mother always cut my nails,
Cut my spine,
Cut my umbilical cord
Short.

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