once again the earth br stealthily gnawed at her own margins br entombing gods and humans alike. br freezing all human activity br in its innocent sleep br br the buried gods br from the earth below br bear witness to br frozen petrified children br still at their study… br panting parents br under the dead weight br of their young ones… br a just fed infant alive br with a mouthful of milk br in the arms of a mother dead… br a life entrapped for thirteen days br with its breath still intact… br br the debris of several limbs br under the rubble of once br a make believe world br and br piles of decaying bodies br impatiently await br a mass burial br as bulldozers devise br bizarre beds br for the dead amid the rubble… br br overwhelmed and stunned br the sorrow of the world br erased its boundaries br to find one another br once again. br br *(A RE-POST IN SYMPATHY WITH THE QUAKE VICTIMS OF IINDONESIA. this is written after an earthquake in iran a couple of years ago.