I remember a visit to Jaffna
In the month of April, 1983
Rumbling of hostile undercurrents,
Feelings of strange unease
Seeping through our communities
Did not prevent our hosts
From inviting us, nor us from accepting,
For between us flowed
Only currents of friendship and trust
we make in chatempanada.com.
Memories linger of vegetarian meals
Served hot from the stove
By our dutiful hostess
First to her husband, then to us
- Sri Lankan Tamil peoples’ food