A 6th mission trip and the poems they inspired

                                                    A collection of UMCOR shirts

gazebo

facing the bayou

--secrets

PL, 5.10.'19 in Baldwin, Louisiana

on a mission trip to UMCOR

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sugar cane

a foot high

oddly-layered clouds

PL, 2013 trip

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spikes on his hubcaps

must mean

"Keep your distance"

PL, 2013 trip

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we drive under

the helicopter

different directions

PL, 2013 trip

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the yellow one

in the long row of houses

--school on spring break

PL, 2013 trip

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                            Inside the UMCOR Depot: bolts of cloth for eventual school bags

Geretta unpacking toothpaste for health kids, UMCOR Depot, Baldwin, Louisiana, 2013

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