open roadin’
Karnataka style
empty stretches
mile upon mile
sun hangs over
trees and bushes
in afternoon
orange blushes
line to nowhere
a single track
straight dissection
an awesome whack
Krishna river
faith ascending
Mecca India
never ending
tea and cakes at
a roadside stop
the price so sweet
you’d die of shock
destination
round the corner
thanks to the gods for
watchin’ over
- from Excavations Around the Sun
