UNPLUGGED Alkistis Voulgari
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Με αγάπη, Άλκηστη
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The Hummingbird and the fire
■ THE STORY
Antelope smelled the smoke first. Run! (Running sound):
Te-te-Te-te-Te-te-Te-te
Te-te-Te-te-Te-te-Te-te
Then lion smelled the smoke. Run!
Te-te-Te-te-Te-te-Te-te
Te-te-Te-te-Te-te-Te-te
Then cheetah and leopard and hyena, too. Run!
Te-te-Te-te-Te-te-Te-te
Te-te-Te-te-Te-te-Te-te
And Giraffe, Zebra, and Wildebeest. Run!
Te-te-Te-te-Te-te-Te-te
Te-te-Te-te-Te-te-Te-te
Baboon, Ape, and Orangutan. Run!
Te-te-Te-te-Te-te-Te-te
Te-te-Te-te-Te-te-Te-te
And the birds. Fly!
Flap-fl ap-fl ap – Flap-fl ap-fl ap
Flap-fl ap-fl ap – Flap-fl ap-fl ap
And they all gathered at the far side of the field at the edge
of the jungle. “Oh no!” they moaned. “Oh no!”
They watched the flames burning up the tall grass.
“Oh no!” they moaned. “Oh no!”
Then, just above their heads they heard a little whrrr.
They looked up. It was hummingbird. She was flying toward the fire!
“What are you doing?” they cried. “What are you doing?”
The animals watched as Hummingbird flew above the flames and
tipped its head spilling a little water onto the flames from its tiny beak.
Hummingbird flew back toward the animals, over their heads and quickly
down into a little spring and filled its beak again. They watched.
“What are you doing?” they cried. “What are you doing?”
She flew back across the burning field and once again emptied her little beak full of water onto the flames. She returned and dipped her beak in the pool again and flew back toward the field.
“What are you doing?” they cried. “What are you doing?”
Again and again, Hummingbird flew with her little beak full and dropped the
water on the flames and the animals asked,
“What are you doing?” They cried, “What are you doing?”
She stopped for a moment.
“What are you doing?” They cried, “What are you doing?”
She looked at the others, “I am doing what I can,” she said, “doing what I can.”
And then she sang:
I’m doing what I can
That’s all that I can do
To make this world a better place
For me and you.
Source : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CcusFVUIHiOO1Sev30BT69DJObBeBDue/view?usp=drivesdk
Never give up :)
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Road tape / Walking in the dark
Road tape from Rishikesh
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Road tape / It rains in Kathmandu
Time to get myself together
Seriously now
Everything rolls
Rain in Kathmandu
Kaal Bhairava
Shiva rain
Destruction
Dance
Revenge
The One who brakes, the One who makes
"Look at those electrical cables. They are all
f****d up!"
"You should see Valparaiso, Chile.", Adi said.
Our feet are cold
The Nepali poem said :
"Cook within yourself
saulty, atomic varieties"
I like that cafe
and the graffiti at the hostel
The mountains roar around
A silent roar
esoteric, prominent
I heard the echo of my voice
I had a dream
This trip is for the meaning
of death, not the meaning
of life
can't explain that
somebody is sick in the
next room
everybody is sick
every city is sick
the mountain
the river
the ocean
It rains in Kathmandu
Alkistis Voulgari
29th April, 2023, Kathmandu, Nepal
https://alkistisvoulgari99.blogspot.com/2023/04/it-rains-in-kathmandu.html
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Road tape no2
No2
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Road tape
no1
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