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Fiona Benson — Mama Cockroach, I Love You

Poetry Unbound

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Mama Cockroach, I Love You by Fiona Benson, Blattardia

Fiona Benson's poem Mama Cockroach, I Love You is a challenge to the edge of human projection of disgust or obscenity. "You cozy with the aunties in your reeking slums and are intimate and sweet," she writes. The poet has written 50 poems for Poetry Unbound that you can pre-order now.

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