from Saddle and Cell by The Three Marias: Maria Isabel Barreno, Maria Teresa Horta, & Maria Velbo da Costa

To love another truly
be that person wedge or hollow
a fine rider or a cloistered house (a womb)
is to keep that beloved’s other face
clasped in your hands

translated  by Helen R. Lane

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