Sunday, February 12

Amazonia


The river traders of Brazil


Air grows thin
At the lacy peak of Inga trees
30 meters above forest floor
A handful of fruit
Brings glittering change, and silence of the belly’s pleading

A village of children
Canoe down the Tajaparu
Scramble up ferries,
Desperate to avoid propellers,
Selling fruits and bowl of beans and rice
Before night falls

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