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Poetry at Sangam

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Untitled 2 by Mani Rao

In Uttarkashi

where sun dives and
pirouettes

and fish roll their eyes
dodging

tangled light doodles
we cup our hands

and drink Ma Ganga
infused

with arias of swans and
undertones of glaciers

Sweetness rises
ir floats sinless

In Kashi where

shadows hover anxious
like dogs marking

corners of terraced ghats
as lovers drink mirrors

a curly soot rains
upon the free bereft

and pundits claim
ashes still warm

from midnight pyres
for altar coffers at dawn

Hey Vishwanath of Kashi
O’ Mt. Alchemy

Here I am, weightless
Now take me home

 

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