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The last post pipes
as the wind caresses
your disfigured mouth
agaped
with sorrow
too deeply wrenched
to be audible.

Mother Well,
I am here ...
I can hear.
Lost are the mouths
you no longer suckle.
They are gone ...
all gone.


I am sorry,
Mother Well ...

I am so very sorry.
The pipes are calling
and my lips are parched
with salt from
your tears.

A village well lost to the sea in Pahang, Malaysia
  ©Joseph Lai 2003