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This poem is dedicated to Indian poetess Sujata Bhatt.

the soul of India

the first glimmers of morning 
are reflected on the lake in Jaipur
temple dancers-devadasi
in a tangle of hands and long-haired shadows
welcome the new day like cobras...
while women on the shore (blow after blow)
are pounding their laundry – 
they want to punish life…
LIFE which is neither bad nor good
just flows like water…
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