Tuesday, May 18, 2010

The Singing Fish of Sri Lanka

To the shores of Serendib a lonely sailor

With words and worlds to trade...

Gondwanaland:my mind!

A dancer’s movement-

Just the slightest gesture of a hand-

Sets worlds spinning , in space.

A firewalker’s balance

Holds the planets in orbit.


From here to Paradise,they say,is just forty miles;

One can hear the sound of its fountains.

Broken orange pekoe fumes rich malty coppery tones

As I lift the chipped cup.

Like a colossal stone Buddha

I lie down on my side to sleep,

Ready for my next unenlightened incarnation.


On April full moon nights the fish are said to sing

Off the coast of Batti;

One must stick an oar into the water

And hold the other end to one’s ear.

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