37. Japan
There is a quiet in Japan.
Perhaps the quietness is a way of coping
with the truth of living with 127 million neighbours
on a postage stamp of land.
And every now and then, a sudden revolt:
devastating earthquakes,
horrifying tsunamis.
As if the land itself were protesting its burden.
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50 words for 50 countries 
Perhaps without knowing this be our burning lake……….