Imajaghan berber camels and tuareg blue
but carpet really and that links backwards to recovery
still red and indigo are special too
the paint pot splash the violence of colour
the soft restraint the maddening brain buzz,
what’s silence for
there’ll be plenty enough in time
Burkina Faso
She always tied her laces twice
On Wednesdays she cooked couscous
And ate it slow to show how nice
Her manners were
It was small comfort to know that
She would outlive men by one year
Forty eight is still too young
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