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As a rule, we are only because

men have looked down upon

us with such kindness

straight into our eyes.

Warriors stare each other down.

Reach its climax at the Shikhara, or the Vortex

is the subject of the verse. Has been, since way before

Pound’s age, peaks like the city all over a pleasure

we are not given credit for. Like how to make time

move by not moving. How to make a new time

in the palm of your hand, a son made of dirt

is our most popular deity, with an elephant’s

borrowed tusk and a half

the trunk, which leads to good luck

depending on what side it points to

sitting idle an idol at your desk.