Kathmandu

the capital & biggest town in Nepal

resembles no other city on the planet.

The rotting structures in the core of

the city are a conspicuous difference to

the vivacious air that saturates the roads.

The smell of incense drifts from stores

while road venders push their merchandise,

individuals approach their regular routines

all against a setting of notable sanctuaries

For a few hundred years

Kathmandu was one of three adversary imperial urban communities

alongside Bhaktapur and Patan.

Arranged in nearness to another

today these 3 nearly run-together.