Edwidge Danticat Quotes
We Used Pesi, Perejil, Parsley, The Damp Summer Morningness Of It, The Mingled Sprigs, Bristly And Coarse, Gentle And Docile All At Once, Tasteless And Bitter When Chewed, A Sweetened Win Wind Inside The Mouth, The Leaves A Different Taste Than The Stalk, All This We Savored For Our Food, Our Teas, Our Baths, To Cleanse Our Insides As Well As Our Outsides Of Old Aches And Griefs, To Shed A Passing Year's Dust As A New One Dawned, To Wash A New Infant's Hair For The First Time And--along With Boiled Orange Leaves--a Corpse's Remains One Final Time.
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