{"id":1300,"date":"2017-12-29T13:34:27","date_gmt":"2017-12-29T13:34:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavenderink.org\/site\/?p=1300"},"modified":"2018-01-13T04:47:47","modified_gmt":"2018-01-13T10:47:47","slug":"an-excerpt-from-the-virgin-mountain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavenderink.org\/site\/excerpts\/an-excerpt-from-the-virgin-mountain\/","title":{"rendered":"An Excerpt from The Virgin Mountain"},"content":{"rendered":"

From The Virgin Mountain<\/em><\/a>, by Roberto Echavarren<\/a>, translated by Donald Wellman<\/a> and the author.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A doll of rough wood<\/p>\n

carved with a knife,<\/p>\n

dressed in sky blue<\/p>\n

red flowers with yellow center<\/p>\n

and yellow with red center,<\/p>\n

stars that are flowers,\u00a0<\/p>\n

she even has panties, a small square<\/p>\n

of cloth glued to the perineum,<\/p>\n

shawl with embroidered edging<\/p>\n

in zigzag, X, Greek Y,<\/p>\n

orange and green head strap,<\/p>\n

around her neck and that of her son<\/p>\n

light green trimming,<\/p>\n

one foot in the air,<\/p>\n

the leg raised<\/p>\n

takes a step.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u2022\u2022<\/p>\n

The rainbow, is it a sign?<\/p>\n

asked the enraptured English tourist;<\/p>\n

yes, the Tarahumara woman answered:\u00a0<\/p>\n

it\u2019s a sign that it might rain, or not.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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