Knees

Knees are used a lot here. Five times a day they bend to the ground in prayer, facing east. Knees suspend the squatting cook by her fire and cradle an infant in the back of a bouncing vehicle. Knees conjoin the walking leg bones that travel formidable distances across the Sahel. I know of no one who has had ACL surgery here. I think I'm with Hippocrates when he said "walking is man's best medicine". Knees also sport an array of colors. Here is a landcuiser full of knees. You can probably guess which ones are mine…