15/7/03

The Bather

Water splashes
a bowl overturned
on the head
of a woman.

The naked woman
stands, unabashed
by a barn,
bathing.

Eyes closed,
she tilts her head
up to catch the water
on her face.

She cleans herself
in a primitive way
overturning a bowl
splashing water.

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