Amminja* Poem by Anitha Thampi

Amminja*



Meenakshi
cupped her little palm over Amminja:

This, my school
my bag
my colour pencil
my friend Thithu
my Class One textbook
my eeny meeny miny mo
my mother

* Amminja is the Malayalam word to denote a nursing woman's breast, commonly used when speaking to child

Translated By Arundhathi Subramaniam

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