WEEK TWO

6. COCONUT OIL MILL, AMBALANGODA

"the oil mill - 21.2.18"
CAST IRON WITHSTOOD TSUNAMI,
AS SEA RIPPED OVER CORAL MINED COAST,
AWAITING A TIME WHEN WORKERS WOULD RETURN

5. PAPER FACTORY, wellawatha

“the paper factory - 20.2.18”
TO TRACE THIS PLANT'S ANCESTRY WOULD BE QUITE THE FEAT
ONE BLOOM OF FRUIT,
ROOTS URGing NEW LIFE, WHILE TRUNK IS CHOPPED,
BOILED, PRESSED PAPER THIN

4. RICE PADDIES & RICE MILL, gonapinuwala

“THE rice MILL - 19.2.18”
WE ALL WEAR A FINE COAT OF RICE ALONG OUR LUNGS,
AS EACH HUSK FALLS
FROM BAG, TO BUCKET, TO MILL AND BACK AGAIN

3. FISHING VILLAGE, DODANDUWA

"DAWN - 19.2.18"
salted shoulders haul timber then nets
while gills rest, silent upon ice, melting quick as it can
the only eager return to sea