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Nov 2010
egg boxes stacked
one atop the other
row upon row

metal gratings
stop the world
from entering

limp washing
prayer flags
in polluted air

humanity captive
deprived of light

unable
or
unwilling to escape?
© Jacqueline Le Sueur 2010 All Rights Reserved

(Written in Bangkok in September 2005 and revisited after a trip to the city very recently, at the end of November 2010)
Jacqueline Le Sueur
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