the seed I scatter

(All of the images today are street art from Madrid, Spain.)
How sublime of you, sister
to teach me to read
two years before I began school
such a fine foothold
for you to give me, a gift
I remember, even now
how grand it felt to see a word
and recognize it, to understand
and when I was twelve
another gift from you, sister
a new set of encyclopedias
with …
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