Jacob Lawrence, Photos (1951)
September 13, 2012:
Spooked by stones.
Not that long ago this place was for human sacrifice.
Cook counted forty-nine skulls.
Strong Maohi women push wheelbarrows piled with these rocks.
They're recycling: the stones will become part of their garden wall.
I choose to avoid this temple, and with it, I think, the war god Tu, recipient of the souls dispatched here.