Chopping Cluster Beans On A Summer Evening

Cutting Cluster Beans Humidity danced On my body in its Ugly manifestation Clothes clutching to body O, rain in a couple of days, Say the papers over two days I go from one vendor To the other; all dry Faded colours of green Red, yellow, orange My palms damp My eyes caught clusters Bright green and tempting On return home, I settle In the sofa separating each From the cluster with my Working woman's hands Each went into a vessel of Salted water waiting to be Chopped chopped n chopped I stretch my hands to loosen...