Taken on January 14, 2019 in Vientiane.

Taken on January 14, 2019 in the Buddha Park outside Vientiane.

Taken on January 13, 2019 in Vientiane, Laos.

Taken on January 10, 2019 near Vang Vieng, Laos.

Taken on January 10, 2019 in Vang Vieng.

Taken in January 10, 2019 near Vang Vieng, Laos

rotten post, baked dry
strands of barbed wire
in stiff helices
part submerged in sand
part twisting over it
like a sandworm of Dune

if it’s true that,
“good fences make good neighbors”
then
this fence makes for crotchety neighbors
who’ve given up on life