by Iris Reeves

There are still teeth in the gaping mouths of my ancestors

in little mountain villages in China.

I fear all the time that I have taken one of their faces with me

and will never know it

     Iris Reeves is from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma and studies at Oklahoma State University. She has been writing all her life and is thrilled to appear in Frontier Mosaic Magazine. Most times, she can be found birdwatching with her cat, Umbra, or decompressing with British mystery television shows.