The Rain Ascends by Joy Kogawa

Author:Joy Kogawa
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Canada
Published: 2016-11-29T05:00:00+00:00

Goosey, goosey gander,

Whither shall I wander?

Upstairs and downstairs

And in my lady’s chambers.

There I met an old man

Who would not say his prayers,

I took him by the left leg….

I watched him saying prayers with a young couple today. He comforted them. He comforted me when I was weak. I am still weak. And in my weakness and bondage, my body rejects its undigestible knowledge. I take him by the left leg. I throw him down the stairs. I fling myself into the gutter beside him….

Like a crack in the window-pane, didn’t I say, the thought spreads….

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