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Monday, 25 September 2017

The First Rule of Sinhalese Architecture - Michael Ondaatje

Never build three doors
in a straight line

A devil might rush
through them
deep into your house,
into your life

Michael Ondaatje (born 1943) Sri Lanka (lives in Canada)
Source: Scottish Poetry Library

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