Saturday, 1 December 2012

scents of cairo...


Dear Cairo,

Please go back to smelling like fresh fruit and freshly-baked baladi

Burning garbage is not as pleasant to wake up to.

However, the streets are cleaner.

I am torn as whether or not i prefer burning garbage smells but a clean walk to work..or walking through trickling 'mystery juice' to get fresh bread.


Every morning i wake up and walk to work.  I am reminded of those 5 line poems that depict the  senses of the body,  and begin to conduct one inside my head.  Sometimes the poem is a beautiful serenade to the sights, sounds and smells of egypt. Other times, the poem is..well....'mystery liquid'

:)


 

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