Haibun Poetry | Padaung-Kayan

Giraffe Women Bonded to Their Neck Rings

GiaB prompt #2–13: jewellery

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tradition decrees
beauty pips deformity
not my kind of bling

Tourist guides call them giraffe women on account of their jewellery giving a perception of anatomically stretched necks. A perception…