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I come from a long line of eloquent illiterates
whose history reveals what words don't say.
Our anger is our way of speaking,
the gesture is an utterance more pure than word.

— Lorna Dee Cervantes Emplumada (1981)

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Our dreams wafted over the sullen skyline
like crazy meteors of flying embers:
a glow in the heart all night.

Emplumada (1981)

There's sky and death
shimmering the waves.

Emplumada (1981)

They spotlight those who walk
like a dream, with no one
waiting in the shadows
to palm them back to living.

Emplumada (1981)

And finally, it is me
only guessing at what secrets
or hatreds they share.

Emplumada (1981)

And late that night I tasted
the last of the sweet fruit, sucked the rich pit
and thought nothing of death.

Emplumada (1981)

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