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Sand Castle

Damned be anything 
that rises up out of this sand,
where the sea licks and leaves its froth,
the waves like fingers in their ceaseless clawing,
betrayed by the white whisper of the surf,
that eternal purging to loosen 
the smallest grains in relentless toil,
until all the walls crumble and the tower sways,
then falls like a slithering serpent that slides
wounded and torn beneath the emerald sea.

October 26, 1988
Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica

Part of the continuing Respectful American series, a selection of writings from my travel journals from Central America in 1988

The Textile Fragment with the Annunciation beautifully captures a moment of divine encounter, intertwining floral beauty and spiritual significance. What stories might this exquisite work hold from the 14th century?

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https://clevelandart.org/art/1931.61

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Ledge

It was a tense silence
trembling on the ledge
where you could hear a pin
drop
only there were no pins
save in a friend
thick
to be cut with a knife
only all the knives
were in your
back

Silence
like the calm before the storm
until it breaks like a
scream in the
night
and
rain
falls to the
ground.

September 11, 1988
San Jose, Costa Rica