Zom-Fam
La Mackerel, Kama
2020
Metonymy Press
English and Mauritian Creole
“ when i tell my father that i am trans
i see the sun rise in his eyes
he looks at me like dawn
gold fragrance
shiny pebbles
shadow oracles
lodged under cloudy brows
i imagine his gaze when he was my age
on the day he looked up
into the ethereal, sculpted eyes of Mariammen
asking her to
clear my birth charts
to sanctify my path “
La Mackerel, Kama
2020
Metonymy Press
English and Mauritian Creole
“ when i tell my father that i am trans
i see the sun rise in his eyes
he looks at me like dawn
gold fragrance
shiny pebbles
shadow oracles
lodged under cloudy brows
i imagine his gaze when he was my age
on the day he looked up
into the ethereal, sculpted eyes of Mariammen
asking her to
clear my birth charts
to sanctify my path “
La Mackerel, Kama
2020
Metonymy Press
English and Mauritian Creole
“ when i tell my father that i am trans
i see the sun rise in his eyes
he looks at me like dawn
gold fragrance
shiny pebbles
shadow oracles
lodged under cloudy brows
i imagine his gaze when he was my age
on the day he looked up
into the ethereal, sculpted eyes of Mariammen
asking her to
clear my birth charts
to sanctify my path “