Tuesday, April 19, 2011

the blind musician


the blind musician
patiently plays his flute for
an empty white cup


This blind musician was sitting on a busy street in Puno with people rushing by, completely ignoring him. He was playing such soulful music, so I stopped to listen and put a coin in his white cup. He stopped playing to scoop up the coin and pocket it. I wanted to hear more, so with my limited Spanish I asked, "Musica, por favor." And he immediately began playing again.

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