The Babies: I, by Chitra Banerjee
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Divakaruni
Again last night as we slept,
the babies
were falling from the sky.
So many of them--
eyes wide as darkness,
glowing lineless palms.
The dogs crooned their
coming. The owls
flew up to them
on great dusty wings.
And all over the world
from beds hollow as boats
children held up
their silent scarred hands.
From “Leaving Yuba City” by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni. (Anchor Books: 116 pp., $12.95) Copyright 1997 Reprinted by permission.
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