Sand in the streets

I'm reading The Sheltering Sky -

Some words there take me back to the city of rose red walls - 

The desert between the city and the ocean - 

How I felt watching swallows in the twilight sky -

Walking through the tangled greenery of the garden - 

The brown bodies in the pool - 

The square with the card players -

The boy in the second hotel - 

Toujours l'ennui - 

The words in the book - 

Sand in the streets, a few palms, hot sun, sadness always -

December 2023