Juliana
Known for packing everything including the kitchen sink
And everywhere she’d go, her wrapper went
This lengthy fabric of many wonders
It was a happy cape for superheroes
Rapunzel’s mane for Disney maidens
An ója to holster babies on backs
And on those baking hot afternoons, mama’s wrapper was the compromise between naked and clothed
My comforter on feverish nights
A mat at Christmas when there were more bodies than beds
A cushion to balance a pail of water on my head
A tent. A shield. A curtain. A throw. An apron. A piggy bank.
I never thought I would have one without the other
Mama’s wrapper without mama.

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