give me a man
whose feet I can stand on in a dance
a man bending forward
providing shelter
with big lungs for the children in my tomorrow
the ones on the beach, no back-seat pukers now
keen to blow up crocodiles
a well-ironed man riding shotgun
at family get-togethers
and in case she asks if she brought me up all wrong
give me a man
for my mother
Translated by David Colmer
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