many incredible people
many wonders still to be seen
stump my toe it that isn’t true
on northern Karnataka rocks,
the dreadlock woman enchants
to go up river and sleep out open
on the necks of ancient temples
stump my toe if that isn’t true
on northern Karnataka rocks,
and we the sons of opium say
“OK, one last time before the desert
and the camel ride of our dreams,
chasing the dragon with love”
stump my toe if that isn’t true
on northern Karnataka rocks
- from Revised Rudeness: Poems 1983 - 1991
