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Anhinga Marie-Ovide Gina Dorcely (bio) Dawn of night Slur on the lips of the bearded Open the mountains Stanch the gallows of the seas [End Page 112] Find us a place in your wings Lie with us Bearer of prayers and crosses Snare the clasp of my fingers [End Page 113] Climb up the whip and the vines Twine with our veins Take me to the dawn of the dawn [End Page 114] Eye of the open Slay the seas with your eyes Free the stunting shackles Anhinga The fiber of sorrow is broken by the plow of your wings Marie-Ovide Gina Dorcely Marie-Ovide Gina Dorcely is a poet, translator, and nonfiction prose writer. She has received awards for her writing from the Cave Canem Foundation and the Breadloaf Writers Conferences. Her work has appeared in Ploughshares, Caribbean Writer, and The Portable Lower East Side. She was born in Haiti. Copyright © 2007 Charles H. Rowell
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