Kite


Against the deep blue sky
The multi-coloured kite
Flew
Over the top of the green trees
Heavy with fruit

The golden green waves
On the ripening rice field
Stared up at the
Blue and red tail on the kite

At the other end of the thread
The little boy
In ragged shorts
Ran along the road
Trying to hold aloft
The used polythene bag
Tied to a piece of tape
From a discarded video cassette

Black acrid smoke
Spewing out of the factories
Settled slowly on the
Rotting garbage
In the blocked drains

 
Daya Dissanayake

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