Monday, October 29, 2007

The Flower Market Stroll

A thousand pounds of
flowers tread into mud
bare feet thru the sewage
of grueling poverty
inside ancient ghats
men defacate over deities
disease bombarded by
screaming ambulance
crush of metro, the poison
water of the Horghly
and they sit, so content
stringing strings
vibrant flowers
framed in muck

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