<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=582511" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>What Great Grief Has Made the Empress Mute</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Because it was raining outside the palace <br>Because there was no rain in her vicinity </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Because people kept asking her questions <br>Because nobody ever asked her anything </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Because marriage robbed her of her mother <br>Because she lost her daughters to the same tradition </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Because her son laughed when she opened her mouth <br>Because he never delighted in anything she said </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Because romance carried the rose inside a fist <br>Because she hungered for the fragrance of the rose </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Because the jewels of her life did not belong to her <br>Because the glow of gold and silk disguised her soul <br>Because nothing she could say could change the melted <br>music of her space <br>Because the privilege of her misery was something she could <br>not disgrace <br>Because no one could imagine reasons for her grief <br>Because her grief required no imagination <br>Because it was raining outside the palace <br>Because there was no rain in her vicinity </div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Dedicated to the Empress Michiko and to Janice Mirikitani</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=June+Jordan">June Jordan</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=582511" data-title="What Great Grief Has Made the Empress Mute de June Jordan" data-description="Because it was raining outside the palace Because there was no rain in her vicinity Because people kept asking her questions Because nobody ever asked her anything Because marriage robbed her of her mother Because she lost her daughters to ..."></div> </div> </div>

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