L'aura del Campo

In Sousse-Massa [180.48] ((8))

In Sousse-Massa

They climb trees. They eat fruit,
shit and spit the nuts,
that we collect, that we press
into argan oil put on your face.

Rake the ground then comb your hair.
No woman's an atoll when goats
must be tended; no man's a reef
where women tend to them.

Kåre Enga [180.48] (29.mai.2023)

8 lines, ~53 words