Shadow Play The child delights in the sweep of rain on her open face
as she floats paper boats on tiny rivers
down open sewers
to the land beneath the land.
The land
darkens with the death of day
as shadows play
upon its face, softens with grief
for the sake
of the child beneath the child.
Christine Fojas is a Filipino-Canadian hailing from Las Piñas City and currently living in Metro Vancouver. She has a BA in Comparative Literature from University of the Philippines and works as a library technician at Douglas College. A list of her publications can be found at her website. She is also on Twitter as @chrisfojas. She is a regular contributor for Marias at Sampaguitas.
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