Superstition

This entry is part 13 of 16 in the series Postcards from a Conquistador

Poem: 'They used to be superstitious about cameras stealing their souls. Tourism creates jobs, we told them. Don't you want jobs? But now their pictures have been taken so many times, they hardly seem colorful at all.'

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dale says:

January 12, 2009 at 10:57 pm

Oh. Excellent.

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David Harmon says:

January 13, 2009 at 10:33 am

Yeah, this one’s a nice zinger.

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Michelle says:

January 15, 2009 at 3:13 pm

Love this.

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