Karnataka towns
pull together from
out of the haze,
with chaotic genius
clearly evident
their construction
has no precedent
eye to the ground
sees a risin’ power
vast ancient mother
now full of people
and able to compete
in the confusion an’ heat,
willin’ to work
on a dusty trail an’ do
what others would refuse
pretty it certainly isn’t
but beauty comes in
countless shapes an’ sizes,
like electric estates
contoured by those who
calculate to recreate
the energy of the sun
on the inner ring of an
outer highway on fire
- from Excavations Around the Sun
