Friday, June 10, 2011

Pilgrimage: Day 21: Ethiopia


two men speak Amharic
while the women with babies 
elegant Giacometti sculptures
sip coffee in Peet's
another young man speaks into
in Africa the soft vowels 
his phone to a woman
a sweet music I don't understand
but try to memorize
like the symphony of the souk




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