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  • Buried Words
  • Jidi Majia

I want to findthe buried wordsYou all know themThey are amniotic fluid,fish glimmering in darkness

The words I want to findare jewel-like stars in the night skyBehind themthe diviner’s eyeshold flying bird shadows

The words I want to findare the fires of priests’ dreamsThey can summon departed ancestorsThey can elicit responses in the souls of all living things

I want to findthe buried wordsThey’re the most secret signsa mountain’s Peoplepass on to their sons and grandsonsin their own tongue [End Page 26]

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