from “In Chimayo” by Gloria Bird
Across the arroyo, the news would remind Manuelita of her grief, y su hijito lost the month we moved in. That spring, centipedes sprinkled sand from the warming vigas where they were hidden.
definition (Merriam-Webster): one of the heavy rafters and especially a log supporting the roof in American Indian and Spanish architecture of the Southwest
source:
When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: a Norton anthology of Native Nations poetry
edited by Joy Harjo, with Leanne Howe, Jennifer Elise Foerster, and contributing editors
2020. W. W. Norton & Co., New York
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