Matryoshka Dolls 1
Babushka is pregnant
With Matryoshka
Who is pregnant
With Devushka
Who is pregnant
With Detka
Each with her stoic
Lacquered smile
Wooden family
Nests stacked
The resemblance
Unmistakable
Tolstoy’s happy family
Assembled
Composed
Matryoshka Dolls 2
Babushka gives
Birth to Matryoshka
Who is gives birth
To Devushka
Who gives birth
To Detka
Each with her stoic
Lacquered grimace
Wooden family
Stands unstacked
The resemblance
Unmistakable
Tolstoy’s unhappy family
Disassembled
Exposed
Bruce Morton divides his time between Montana and Arizona. He is the author of two poetry collections: Planet Mort (2024) and Simple Arithmetic & Other Artifices (2014). His poems have appeared in numerous online and print venues. He was formerly dean at the Montana State University library.
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