Sunday, November 26, 2006

Leaving Toronto.....

He sits down at a long table and looks into his school geography
book with the maps of the world,the white sweeps of current,testing
the names to himself,mouthing out the exotic.
Caspian. Nepal. Durango. He closes the book and brushes it
with his palms.Feeling the texture of the pebbled cover and
it's coloured dyes which create a map of Canada.
Michael Ondaatje,
"In the skin of a lion"

1 comment:

Mridula said...

Why I saw one yesterday while I was driving and though I did give it a glance, I never gave it a second thought till I saw your post.

See what all we take for granted in India!