Thump ! Thump ! Thump !
It started with the pounding
De-husking the skin from the rice
With a heavy stick as her device
Separating the two with a palm leaf sieve
She wiped the summer's sweat off her face with her sari blouse sleeve
She places the grains of rice between the 2 wheels
While on her haunches she sits and kneels
i watched her as she started to roll the stones
Her body frail ...
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