For Laura Isabel Feldman
For Laura Isabel Feldman
Laura Isabel Feldman was held in a secret detention center named El Vesubio and murdered by the Argentine military regime in 1978. She was the leader of the branch of the revolutionary Peronist party in her high school and was eighteen years old.
I want to carry in my womb
The bodies of the dead women
Killed by the dictatorship
My womb
Full of old pictures with their serrated sides
Full of vaporous language
Full of gardens in child's mind
My womb will grow like a giant piñata
So full of insurrections
And you'll fear them all
Eline Marx is a poet living between New York City and Paris. She will complete a master’s degree in political science in Paris in May 2019. Follow her on instagram @elinemarx