a homecoming
Clouds of spun flax adorned in a monsoon sky colored shades of bougainvillea pink, indigo dye, flecks of black. Gregarious greenbottle flies buzz amongst decaying alphonsos trodden into muddy ground. Women, skin tan under the harsh summer sun, cavort beside the bank overlooking brackish backwaters. Ivory white jasmine flowers suspended from threads in their hair diffuse a sickly-sweet aroma into the evening breeze alongside: sea foam, saltwater, ripening bananas, coconuts, damp moss, water lily, buffalo dung, cow dung, petrichor. You breathe it all in, then out.
