Monday, June 13

Ancient Art


With 1.2 Billion People, India Seeks a Good Hangman
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/14/world/asia/14india.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1&hp

Harvest  jute, hemp or sisal
Spin fiber to yarn
Braid with sure hands
Into scratchy rope

Fell trees of
Rosewood and teak
Cut into planks
To build a scaffold
For the gallows

One must perfect
The art of dying
To live

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