rural roads
rising sun
buddhist temple
clanging gong
a nun with shaven head
clad in white
wearing the expression of the sphinx
brown-skinned school children
sleepy-eyed
big smiles
bare feet
bicycles too big
what do they dream of
besides enough to eat?
radios blaring
people call "hello" from their doorstep
or stand and stare
as water buffalo graze
geese honk
roosters crow
and scooters growl
women on their way
to market
faces swathed in scarves
mask them from
the ever present dust and sun
look over their shoulders
smiling shyly with their eyes
muddy puddles
from last night's rain
motorcycles bearing impossible loads
children with no clothes
grandmothers with no teeth
whose eyes have seen
unspeakable tragedy
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