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What Crappy Waste

April 25, 2022 12 Comments

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We are warm and plenty full tonight. My children, snoring like a choir, will not shiver this night because of Sundari’s gifts.

Thank God, bless Sundari.

My beautiful children’s bellies bulge like a matka pot full of hot milk and rice. Their tiny shadows snuggle in the light flickering from the hot, hot stove.

Thank God, bless Sundari.

I clean Sundari’s udders, collect her dung, and knead them into briquettes to dry in the morning sun.

Can you believe in some countries, people leave cow dung to rot in the fields for the flies? What wasteful people.

Thank God, bless Sundari.

By Leonard Mills

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  1. Helen C says

    April 25, 2022 at 7:05 am

    A very beautiful story and I could really picture it.

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    • Leonard Mills says

      April 25, 2022 at 9:43 am

      Many thanks, for the feedback. It’s good to know what works and what doesn’t, and strong sense of place was certainly a goal.

      Reply
  2. Cathy Cade says

    April 25, 2022 at 7:37 am

    That was different! Nice one.

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    • Leonard Mills says

      April 25, 2022 at 9:44 am

      Many thanks, glad you enjoyed it, and thanks for following up from facebook.

      Reply
  3. Emma says

    April 25, 2022 at 9:09 am

    Beautiful story. Well done!

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    • Leonard Mills says

      April 25, 2022 at 9:44 am

      Many thanks, glad you enjoyed it.

      Reply
  4. Khadija Rashid says

    April 27, 2022 at 7:46 am

    beautiful thought!

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    • Leonard Mills says

      April 28, 2022 at 3:24 am

      Thanks, glad you enjoyed it.

      Reply
  5. Teodora Vamvu says

    April 27, 2022 at 9:34 am

    Beautiful piece, I must have read it 4 times already! Great job!

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    • Leonard Mills says

      April 28, 2022 at 3:25 am

      Thanks, I’m so pleased you enjoyed it. It was written to be positive and warming, and I hope it’s had that effect.

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      • Teodora Vamvu says

        May 3, 2022 at 2:41 pm

        It did and it’s so beautiful!

        We actually do leave cow dung to rot on the streets of our villages so it’s all the more powerful.

        It’s a lesson in itself and some very good food for thought.

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  6. Sarah says

    May 5, 2022 at 3:45 am

    I enjoyed this! An interesting read.

    Reply

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