FOOTPRINTS

          —from photographs

Footprints in the mud.
A photo of Pankot in the hills
The train clacks along the tracks.
It all began in the mud of the Ganges.

Women's eyes flash in the bazaar.
Bracelets and bangles,
bicycles packed in herds
spin towards the sun,
spokes intersecting light.

Footprints in the snow
slipping backward down the hill
the squeak of snow  and blue light
reflecting in the forest,
Dog's tongue clacks
as he catches his breath.

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CPITS workshop with Mimi Albert
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