Stillness
by Ion Corcos
Offerings remain
sprawled on the road,
white rice to appease
the gods, soiled black
with dirt and exhaust
fumes from rumbling
mopeds, cars, trucks,
shoe-prints indented
on white and grey
a remnant of ash
from an incense stick
placed by pious hands
a frangipani
small petals uncurled
its centre yellow
the residue of the sun.
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Ion Corcos has been published in Lake City Lights and The Greensilk Journal, and upcoming in Message in a Bottle. Ion loves travelling
and has recently spent many months in Greece and Turkey. He lives with his partner, Lisa, in a small villa by the sea at Sapphire Beach.
http://www.ioncorcos.wordpress.com