Tropical Secrets by Margarita Engle

Tropical Secrets by Margarita Engle

Author:Margarita Engle
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780805089363
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)


DANIEL

Islands belong to the sea,

not the earth.

All around me

the world is blue.

Above, more blue,

like a hot, melting star.

Music is the only part

of Cuba’s heated air

that feels like something

I can breathe.

DANIEL

I feel like a King Midas of living things

instead of gold.

Everything I touch

turns into something that grows.

This morning, I heard

a trapped insect chirping

inside the wood of a table—

it must have hatched after

the tree was chopped down.

Last night, I tried to read Spanish stories

in a book marked by worm-eaten pages

and parallel grooves left by rats’ teeth.



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