Metaphor for flavor
belonging and goodness,
enricher of idiom and language,
symbol of political stance,
issue of elemental intercourse,
token of a kitchen’s viability:
salt.
It does not come from sea,
not from play of sun on water,
salt:
it does not arrive,
it is made.
Salt:
It has a synonym
here in Puttalam.
[first published in 'The Nation,' July 30, 2006]
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