Friday, February 04, 2005

daughter sees blemish

daughter sees blemish
reported missing from Phuket, Thailand

tsunami ghost gasping for stray dogs
monk scrubs skin with cassette

anonymous tongue offering lamp and rice
feet stubbles in mud

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women and children return from the river
and smoke sago leaves to warm their mouths

brambles thickly clog in luminous stray

Simatalu, Indonesia


Ray Craig