Chorography of Place
It was the hardest task
of all, a kind of communion
in the middle of chaos
there was faith implied
her bent fingers chuckling
the concrete shower block
those seagrass stools
around every corner
piano music, sparklers
in the night, open mouthed
skeletons and the water
its sheer wateryness
it was unsettling
it was not in the brochure
we waded in, expecting
therapies, found ourselves
heirs to those returned
soldiers, comrades
smiling out of photographs,
found ourselves brave
and foolish, found ourselves
floating, believing,
laughing
Chorography n. Geography. 1. The technique of mapping regions.
