ISSN: 1391 - 0531
Sunday, November 12, 2006
Vol. 41 - No 24
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The Kelani in spate

Under the bridge the swirling waters surge
Swishing, sweeping, encroaching;
Disgorging the shanty dweller
Embowelled on its fringes

Exposing the sub-human conditions
of his existence
Under the spanning bridge.

Its brown muddy waters
A foil to the luscious green
Of the half-submerged foliage
Displaying a ferocity
Not otherwise witnessed
Enthralling! This beauty in its ferocity
This display of nature's emotion.

~ By Jeanette Cabraal, Kelaniya.

 
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