Archive for January, 2005

Barefoot

Sunday, January 23rd, 2005

Carnal fear rises in me at the thought of stepping into cold mush. Wet, cold feet make me think of disease, pestilence, suspiciously slimy floor tiles of shower rooms of public swimming pools. I see the frothy spittle after hearing the hack-and-gather that are its precursor, charge it up; it lands like a slug with [...]

Bodhgaya, First Impresions

Saturday, January 22nd, 2005

It’s Xiangtan, with rickshaws. Autorickshaws that maneuver like go-carts, nimbly dodging left and right at angles that would make normal cars spin out. The other difference in the gloomy pre-dawn is the presence of massive, drooping trees in the rice paddies and vegetable patches. They run along the borders of cultivation, but also spring up [...]


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