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Date Posted: 02:01:12 10/31/06 Tue
Author: Incriminating Eloquence
Author Host/IP: NoHost / 24.18.44.103
Subject: Re: Snapshot
In reply to: Raphaela 's message, "Snapshot" on 14:10:37 09/10/06 Sun

Ah to have such memories. This makes me long to travel and lose myself somewhere that I don't care if I'm lost.

>The day we arrived, so did the monsoon rains.
>Each afternoon, regular as clockwork, the sky
>turned on its tap. The magnificent mountains
>would peep out from behind a shimmering sheet
>of rain. The jungle sighed in relief, quenching
>its thirst. People gave up trying to stay dry.
>Too hot to wear a mac, too silly to use an
>umbrella. We eventually succumbed. An
>umbrella was a luxury to the locals. We
>left them ours when we left. They smiled.
>Meanwhile the street flowed through the village.
>Risking scandalised stares, we hitched our skirts
>ever higher to avoid the filthy rubbish that swam
>nonchalantly by. Giggling at our immodesty, we
>would rush �home� before streets became impassable.
>Young monks took advantage of a rare bathroom and
>showered naked in sunshine, laughing in childlike
>abandonment of philosophical study, playing like
>otters, refreshed by the monsoon rains. We waded
>through liquid streets, lifting our flippers,
>shuffling like penguins hampered by their young.
>Wind shook the mango trees and the golden
>fruit too rained down, cascading into a waterfall
>like heavy golden yokes. The rains subsided as
>quick as they appeared leaving behind a salmon
>sky with the promise of a hot day to follow.
>Whispers of fragrant dhoop spiralled upwards ,
>clouding the atmosphere of our muddled minds.
>Himalayan winds cooled the sun-crazed plains,
>parachuting dust clouds, which we wore as burkas.

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Re: Snapshot -- Raphaela, 13:46:47 11/27/06 Mon