Parable of the Magpie’s Name
Pica pica
who was
it who
taught you
to want
what will
not feed
you that
you can
not make
a house
by eating
a wall
Credit
From From From by Monica Youn. Copyright © 2023 by Monica Youn. Reprinted with the permission of The Permissions Company, LLC, on behalf of Graywolf Press.
Author
Monica Youn
Monica Youn grew up in Houston, Texas. She received a BA from Princeton University, a JD from Yale Law School, and an MPhil from the University of Oxford, where she was a Rhodes Scholar.
Date Published
03/01/2023