Country market

the transactions of doves

above in the trees

  

blue lotuses

vervets one by one

swim the river bend

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near the road north

another train hoots twice

—the night’s heat

 

electrical storm

the cape buffalo bull’s

appraising stare

 

Karoo sheep

herded down a dirt road

flowering sweet thorn

 

traffic lights at red

a man with no fingers

asks for money