Tuesday, August 29, 2006

4 - Ayutthaya




The following should not be trusted:
Rivers, persons holding weapons,
Those with claws and horns,
Women and royal families.
– The Hitopadesha


Victory Chedi of Naresuan the Great


That fish they caught
the Mekong catfish
was half the height
of this thing
…
A cat inclines one ear



The Squirrel


Put flowers in your hair
the spirit-house
has Pikachou in plastic
wrappersyellow billows
round Buddha’s behind


[Summer Book from Eye Street, ed. Raewyn Alexander
(Auckland: Bright Communications, 2005) 5].

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