My Father’s Hands

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April 29, 2026 by The Citron Review

by Diana Anaya

 

Marble slabs, delicately calloused,
that open beer bottles and pluck
chicken bones out of my
eight-year-old throat.

 

Diana Anaya is a Cuban American creative nonfictionist and poet whose beloved dog is Wally and this is important information. Born and raised in Miami, she lives and writes in the multilingual modality of South Florida. She has published with Cream City Review, Broadsided Press, South Florida Poetry Journal, Acentos Review, Toyon Literary Magazine, X-R-A-Y, and The Hong Kong Review.

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IMAGE: Books, Julia Thecla, American, 1896-1973, Olivia Shaler Swan Memorial Collection, Art Institute Chicago