From Loose Woman by Sandra Cisneros.
“Something Like Rivers Ran”
undid the knot the ribbons
the silk flags of motion
unraveled from under
“Something Like Rivers Ran”
undid the knot the ribbons
the silk flags of motion
unraveled from under
the flesh of the wrists
the stone of the lungs
something like water
broke free the prayer
of the heart
the grief of the hands
crooned sweet when
you held me
dissolved knee into knee
belly into belly
an alphabet of limbs
ran urgently
nudged loose a pebble
a pearl
a noose undoing its greed
and we were Buddha
and we were Jesus
and we were Allah
at once
a Ganges absolving
language woman man
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