walking up the hill barefoot on sunny day
the sandy patches of the path
are pleasant to the soles
the pebbly patches painful
trying to skip them
avoid them when possible
going for the sand

walking down the hill on rainy day
the sandy patches of the path
are very slippery
trying to skip them
avoid them when possible
searching for the grounding pebbles

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Zemach Zohar Wilson, Costa Rica, January 2002