IN AN ECHOING RATTLE

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IN AN ECHOING RATTLE Author(s): BRIAN CHAN Source: Caribbean Quarterly, Vol. 29, No. 3/4 (SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER, 1983), p. 87 Published by: University of the West Indies and Caribbean Quarterly Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/40653606 . Accessed: 15/06/2014 02:41 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact [email protected]. . University of the West Indies and Caribbean Quarterly are collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Caribbean Quarterly. http://www.jstor.org This content downloaded from 195.34.78.61 on Sun, 15 Jun 2014 02:41:58 AM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions

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IN AN ECHOING RATTLEAuthor(s): BRIAN CHANSource: Caribbean Quarterly, Vol. 29, No. 3/4 (SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER, 1983), p. 87Published by: University of the West Indies and Caribbean QuarterlyStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/40653606 .

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sometime I feel to eat pepper so I go by the kitchen they eh want to gi bhai they no want to gi because they have charge

and if anybody want to kill e self you go sea jump and you gone

KUMAR MAHABIR

IN AN ECHOING RATTLE

In *n echoing rattle of thirsty frogs the vista of a sharp-etched dream sleeps a baby through thunder: a moonlit swamp that is my home and passage with this another boat stuck in it. But th frogs chant of returning rivers, after the rain, after th flood. Into what sea will they release by boats?

BRIAN CHAN

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