TIBET
Tuesday, January 9th, 2007TIBET
by rado gatchalian (Sept. 16, ‘06)
he plays wearing a pair of
slippers
‘made in China’
one big sad country under his
feet
walking long tales of shadows
as the child steps toward the
maddest mud of earth —
he hears stories of drought
listen!
the wind can no longer carry
the dances of
prayer flags
and temples deaf on the
songs of
beads —
the child loses the footwear
from unseen war
of faith and hate
