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 THE TRAVELER


More than a quarter century after I saw her
the image returns, of a barefoot expatriate
beside the highway in a tropical village
holding a fish, and awaiting the bus
as if it were a carnival.


She was so patient, young, and foreign.
At the time, she looked like an outcast.


Now, I envy her distance
from all that longs to be forgotten
the deforestation, droughts, and wars.


All she had was hunger
and time.


All she needed
was one fish.



 Margarita Engle