Poetry by Hege A. Jakobsen Lepri

          ​ Alberto Garcia CC



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Incantation at the end of NaNoWriMo

Write like a mother-
fucker. You sucker!
Do you think any-
one will read this shit?    

Write like mother,
smother that sentence
in bother and doubt
if ever it squeaks.

Write like a moth
there, drawn to the flame
wait for the shame
when you suddenly burn.

Write like a Mo
show the world how
you repeat the same
uterine line once more.

Write like a mother-
wound, spoon around 
every bloody
earth-reeking word

Write like mother,
wait, let go of the self-
hate, make time to create
your own rules.

Write like a mother-
ship, whip out
those fine vessels
of thought and of rage

Write like a mother-
land, together band,
get stronger and know
you’re at home on the page.

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Hege A. Jakobsen Lepri is a Norwegian-Canadian translator and writer. She had her  first story published in English in 2013. Her most recent work has appeared or is forthcoming in This Magazine, Washington Square Review, Grist, The Fiddlehead, Round table Literary Journal, Open: Journal of Arts and Letters; Carve Literary Magazine; The Maynard. You find her at www.hegeajlepri.ca

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