Fetal Prayer /Nepal 2003

Beneath the comforter curled, fetal, praying; within the sacred orange of stucco robed walls, students of Buddhism huddled kitten like laying; while sound ricochets rattles down the red tile halls. Liberty shakes the panes, lights the cobalt sky. Sirens upon the rubble of imperial dreams, strew refuse, ply. Primary colored prayer flags wave brazenly as the riots ooze. Saffron incense mixes with the poison of citronella smoke loose. The pallets pon planks shake novitiates like dies in a rattle. Outside, down alleys, through flowered vines; Nepali’s battle.