when yamuna opened krsna’s mouth

and found not ghee but the whole universe
when Louis Theroux refused to believe

that a dead eyed mother could not feel love 
when you first called me mama
when I let you feed me a kiwi to show you it was safe

even though I am allergic,

so for me it is not 
and when I asked my mum how I would feel when she died

she said, it will become easier, because you will grow around it 
when the girls in the mother baby unit

didn’t notice their babies growing teeth 
when I stay in your room for your two-hour nap

so I can swat away the fly that’s waking you up 
and when you howl at the fridge

but I know which food you want

because all of these are my language

and you are my call to religion