For one full week, the sun was dead,     unloosening the gray,wild clouds that swamped each paddy bed—     the plowman’s great dismay.The regal night sky, once agleam,     was purloined of its stars.Each lane became a water stream.     Dinghies replaced the cars.Mazdoors, waist-hidden, waded to     their distant factory sites.The Tongas (since they... Continue Reading →