Mar 2, 2011

Not really a poem

The following is going to look like a poem because I've separated short phrases by lines. However, this is because it looks prettier than connecting them with a series of commas and/or semi-colons. This non-poem is attempting to describe the scene at my compound several weeks ago (but only last week at the time I originally typed this up) when the sun had just set and everyone but me was moving around each other, but absorbed in individual tasks.

Sellu halfway finished praying
Amadou swinging a basket of coals
Fatou strapping Musa to her back
Hawa breast-feeding Sarjo
Bubacarr fetching water
Neene tying up the goats
And Rugi on her back, balancing a dalasi on her lips.

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