St. Martin.(Landscape and Legacy)(poem)

The Women's Review of Books | July 1, 1999| | Copyright

o little slave saint with your broom of pampas and your cross pray for us your little brothers and sisters driven like cattle to the market. little saint of lima remember your mother's own labors and what she paid for your freedom. remember remember benisimo negrito santo: you who were spared the labor of the fields negrito santo: spared by your white father's whims and taken off to far ecuador negrito santo: given as so much fodder to the hungriness of the fat pale monks. they say you are sainted. they say you are holy. they say you are merciful, pious, good. they say that ...

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