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The Language.(Poem)

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| May 01, 2006 | Sariban, Michael | COPYRIGHT 2006 Quadrant Magazine Company, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

 
THE LANGUAGE 
 
   I was born into no country, falling into a city, 
   the idea of homeland on hold. Out of the womb 
   I rolled, into a language overheard like a rumour 
   on the other side of her skin: language 
 
   as native land. The daily bread spoke German 
   in the shop, Russian at the table. Taking one kind 
   of belonging for granted, winning the other in 
   time---cheerfully mouthing the daily German, 
 
   its roof over our heads. Dreaming in Slavonic, 
   in our bilingual beds. Though ...

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