The Surrender Tree by Margarita Engle

Author:Margarita Engle
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780805086744
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)

José

We try to help the refugees

who find us.

Rosa entertains frightened children,

pretending to be a magical dentist,

as she reaches into the mouth of a man

whose throbbing tooth must come out

if he is going to survive.

She seems to be pulling the tooth

with her bare fingers.

I am the only one who knows

that she hides a tiny key

in her hand, a simple tool

to ease the man’s suffering.

When the tooth is out,

he whispers thanks,

and he tries to laugh a little bit,

making his pain seem to vanish,

a comfort to the startled,

giggling children.

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