Saturday, July 7, 2007

The Best Nap Ever by Cate Brown - PERU (4-week)

7/3/2007 1:14:38 PM The Best Nap Ever by Cate Brown

We stumbled out of the bus,

weary and wrinkled like wrapping paper

in the hands of a 5 year old.

Travel had taken it´s toll.

Our bags were stacked high on tarpulin.

Each on bulging with memories of home.

The oblique shapes nestled together

under our family´s laundry lines

whispering tales of two cultures as one.

We staggered about the courtyard,

lost, like newborn lambs.

As if our leges were but 2 years old

we collapsed on hard concrete.

And laying down on our sleeping pads,

like nestling in sunny grass,

we drifted off to sleep in Lima.

It was the best nap ever.

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