My Eskimo Sister, II
April 28th, 2009 § Leave a Comment
My eskimo sister
lives in the shadow of the rings.
*
Alice
*
Bernice
*
Celia
*
Danielle
She avoids the open plains
She avoids the unrelenting heat
*
Emily
*
Fanny
*
Georgina
*
Hanna
Subtle orbits she has christened, whose natures are a pattern,
a Celestial Book of Ways
*
Iris
*
Jenny
*
Katherine
*
Louise
Her face is striped with shadows, framed in fur
She says the sun will burn her, consume her
*
Minerva
*
Nelle
*
Olivia
*
Pauline
If I ask her a question
She watches the rings for a sign
*
Quintina
*
Rochelle
*
Stephania
*
Tilly
If I ask her a question
It reminds her that one day
She will have to walk out onto the plain
And unwrap the frosted fur,
Unsheltered by the pantheon of shadows
*
Ursula
*
Viviane
*
Wanda
*
Xaviera
*
Yvonne
*
Zena
This piece was performed in 2000, with two voices: German Santanilla recited the names as an ongoing chant while the main text was read.
