Thursday, August 23, 2007

An Ode to My Pagnes

August 15

Even though you are
strangely decorated with
mixed matched colors
and weird designs like
blenders,
cell phones,
severed fingers,
and
egg beaters

how fast you dry
how little you wrinkle
how amazingly well you hide
dirt and sweat

You are practical
and that is
what makes you great.

Note: Pagnes are 1.5 meters of African cloth.

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