MARGO MONTES de OCA

 

POPOCATÉPETL CRAWLS
para e.d.r

 

like lips in the moth-dark                             grass moves on the other side of the mountain
pooling into the shadow of bodies      making them bigger
how do I enter was the question           what is the call

traces of the path       are obscured by those
whose faces have melted into your dream-fire: they flicker
from rock to flesh and bone            like shade coloured by a million shadows

lay her to rest was the answer                  take up the flame
your eyes fill with sight          from somewhere altogether new —
it enters from the other side of the mountain                 like the residue of sleep
or a memory pressed into clay          returned with the earth-tide      open again to the night

Listen to Margo Montes de Oca read ‘POPOCATÉPETL CRAWLS’

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Margo Montes de Oca is a poet and researcher of Mexican and Pākehā descent, living in Te Whanganui-a-Tara. She is interested in writing that works across disciplines to investigate exchanges between human and more-than-human worlds. Her poetry has been published in issues of Starling, Sweet Mammalian, Min-a-rets, and Mayhem Journal.

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