The Sand Hill Review http://www.sandhillreview.org
2005
Miracle
Above
the calls of vendors and the hum of a hundred conversations we hear
shouting. It is the voice of Teo. He courses
among the stalls, collars friend and stranger alike and exclaims, “I am!” then
leaps in the air, shouting again: “I
am!” He grasps Maria’s arm, fire in his
eyes, “I am!” Her pears and tomatoes
spill and roll on the ground. Teo’s friend Marcus runs from his stall, embraces him, sees
his tears of joy, tells him, “Teo, I am so happy for
you. You know, I, too, am.
Each of us here is.” Teo takes him by
the cheeks, “Yes, Marcus! Yes, you are!”
Again he cries and runs wildly through the marketplace, grabbing friend and
stranger, crying, “I am! You are!”