Darling Girl | Amber Edmondson

  Amber Edmondson is a poet and book artist living on a decommissioned Air Force base. It's probably super haunted. Her work has appeared in Autostraddle, Freeze Ray Poetry, and Menacing Hedge, among others.     Unsure How to Spell the Native Names, He Gives Them New Ones InsteadShow me the womenwith maps for faces.Show me their compass rose.Show me the roadsthey've walked,piles of stones,fields left for lambs quarters,stinging nettle, dirtscraped under nails.Show me the womenwith constellationsfor names. Show meblack holes. Show methe stars that formtheir clavicles,that glow behindtheir skin, the lanternsof their bodiesshaming fireflies,incandescent bulbs beneathsway-backed porches.Show me the womenshowing the mapmaker's hand.Show me misnamed provinces.Show me her hipsin two dimensions,the bones of her thighs alignedto guide each ship back home.