She rises- hips ripplingto a silent merenguebearing sloshing vessels homeward,a little water breaking the reliefof dust on her feet-reflectinghow women seemto grip the secret of wringingthe blue cloth of sorrowdry to make wine.-Excerpt from Sandra Sealy's poem "Haitian Water Bearer" in "Chronicles Of A Seawoman: A Collection Of Poems
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