TY - JOUR
AU - Morgenstern-Clarren, Rachel
AB - FLÁVIO DE ARAÚJO the floating body A body floating on an oily sea: the clearest memory of his brief childhood. It was not a ship’s h ull nor part of the fo rest unloosed by the se a. But the solid matter into which God once b lew His spirit. She was dressed in gray, like the sq uall. Crustaceans of a thousand colors cr owded her long hair, and she had the luminou s skin of a woman who scrubbed with sp ices, but was not beautiful at all. e fi Th shermen’s faces grew saltier like the fish they salted, liq uid poured from their eyes and set tled on their cracked li ps recalling the taste of b rine. eir min Th ds clamored for the strengt h of Jesus’ blood. A woman’s body— that much they kn ew. e wa Th ves pulled her into a dan ce with no music. She didn’t appear age d, had no identifying mar ks. One only heard, My Go d! Over and over again, My Go d! My God! A woman’s body floating but never part of the s ea. 11 e Th y searched for a resemblance 
TI - Five Poems
JO - Manoa
DA - 2019-02-07
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/university-of-hawai-i-press/five-poems-2EB0inswhn
SP - 11
EP - 15
VL - 30
IS - 2
DP - DeepDyve
ER -