Robin Lindsay Wilson
Paula Rego's Miracle
[based upon her painting 'The Family']
the corpse is terrified
of the girl pulling on his pans
and the woman forcing
his arms into jacket sleeves
the stunted stranger
at the hot unchanging window
clasping her white hands
is trying to teach him Portuguese
and their Christian names
which one did he fuck?
which one is going to fuck him?
which one must he never fuck?
he can only remember
being resurrected in school dust
and dance halls and Saturdays
with closed eyes under eucalyptus trees
he’s terrified of his daughter
pulling off his pants
and his sister forcing
his arms out of jacket sleeves
it takes a mother
a maid and a crone
to really work an altar
lock a door
choose a tie
a business suit
and resurrect a man
and he can only remember
the lizard he kept in a shoe box
and his father’s first car
this is someone else’s bed
this is someone else’s family
why can’t he speak?
why can’t he love them all?
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