"The Hold" by Billimarie Lubiano Robinson - "I didn't know I was hurting you. / Well, you did / Well, I'm sorry / it was your nails / they're long / and biting, digging really / I stopped / so don't start / I'm sorry / but it hurt" (Typewriter Poetry)

“The Hold”

Inspired by an interaction I witnessed between a father and his very young daughter.