A Both Kind and Fierce River: Meredith Starkman
March 31, 2020, Kate Belew with Meredith Starkman (New York City)
When the world ends we'll need women
like we needed them the whole time.
Our worthiness, peeled away from our net worth
like a fruit we could hold in our hands,
and we hold it, and our hope is lifeblood,
A both kind and fierce river.
A rental home, warm with fire.
We only wanted home to be wherever we were.
We only wanted you to name us home.
Built and created from deep clay.
Sculpted, debauched, and gleaming.