They gathered together
every morning and every evening
the village women did
around the well the village women did
gossiped, about their men
children and village lives
the village women did
washed, drew drinking water
and cleaned the dishes
the village women did
They danced together
every night of every day
the village people did
in the square the village people did
dressed, in straw skirts, animal skins
and with ochre on their faces
the village people did
danced, round in circles, and down in lines
wriggling their waists
They went to sleep
late every night
the village people did
in their little mud and thatch huts
the village people did
the married, entwined, legs crossed
on straw mats on the floor
the village people did
the children, and youth
like bundles of fish stacked high
the village people did
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