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America from a grain	A
of maize you grew	B
to crown	C
with spacious lands	D
the ocean foam	E
A grain of maize was your geography	F
From the grain	A
a green lance rose	G
was covered with gold	H
to grace the heights	I
of Peru with its yellow tassels	I
	-
But poet let	J
history rest in its shroud	K
praise with your lyre	L
the grain in its granaries	I
sing to the simple maize in the kitchen	M
	-
First a fine beard	N
fluttered in the field	O
above the tender teeth	P
of the young ear	Q
Then the husks parted	R
and fruitfulness burst its veils	I
of pale papyrus	I
that grains of laughter	S
might fall upon the earth	T
To the stone	U
in your journey	F
you returned	V
Not to the terrible stone	U
the bloody	F
triangle of Mexican death	W
but to the grinding stone	U
sacred	R
stone of your kitchens	I
There milk and matter	S
strength giving nutritious	I
cornmeal pulp	X
you were worked and patted	R
by the wondrous hands	I
of dark skinned women	M
	-
Wherever you fall maize	I
whether into the	Y
splendid pot of partridge or among	Z
country beans you light up	A2
the meal and lend it	B2
your virginal flavor	S
	-
Oh to bite into	B
the steaming ear beside the sea	F
of distant song and deepest waltz	I
To boil you	B
as your aroma	Y
spreads through	B
blue sierras	I
	-
But is there	C2
no end	D2
to your treasure	S
	-
In chalky barren lands	I
bordered	E2
by the sea along	F2
the rocky Chilean coast	G2
at times	I
only your radiance	I
reaches the empty	F
table of the miner	S
	-
Your light your cornmeal your hope	H2
pervades America's solitudes	I
and to hunger	S
your lances	I
are enemy legions	I
	-
Within your husks	I
like gentle kernels	I
our sober provincial	I2
children's hearts were nurtured	E2
until life began	J2
to shuck us from the ear	Q

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