you are multitudes

from Excerpts from the Frida Dialogues

Removed

I suffered two accidents in my life.
One in which a streetcar knocked me down...
The other accident was Diego. - Frida Kahlo

For the two Fridas debut
you paint hearts, the veins join
It seems you have just used scissors
to take a small sorrow out
Two open heart Fridas
who hold hands

Blood spoils in a pool on the folds
of your white dress
Beside you, the wild she is spared
keeps the Diego souvenir in her fingers
It looks like a stone
to guard against forgetfulness