This poem is taken from PN Review 145, Volume 28 Number 5, May - June 2002.
Six PoemsWhat is Exotic?
for Hasso Krull
Sweden is exotic -
and so is all of Finland.
Whortleberries certainly are.
Estonia is exotic -
and so is the Estonian word
for lizard: sisalik.
But the lizard herself
is my sister - those hot afternoons
when she comes indoors
to hide -
Coffee
The signs are mostly in Tamil
at this tiny railway station.
It is the time between sunset
and a completely black monsoon sky.
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