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If Moses was Filipino
Marnie tells me that she is a swimmer
tells me that from as young as she can remember
she has been floating through floodwater
tells me that sometimes when it happens
she imagines she is baby Moses
floating down the Nile
waiting for a queen to find her.
Underneath a corrugated metal roof
rusty from ravaging torrents
Underneath a corrugated metal roof
The only respite for her and her baby girls
she shows me her swimming gear:
her contact dermatitis wetsuit,
the glass cut scars framing her eyes
Like a snorkel
her wrinkled feet that she claims are nearly webbed.
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If Moses was FilipinoVene May
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