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Decending the Ghat

( a Rensaku )

balancing a clay cup
long gone cold, my wet silks cling  
as I stand near a  
half-naked woman bowed and  
bathing in the river Ganges  
 
and I watch smoke curl  
up from the pyres of heavy  
earthen bodies  
dissolving in the shallows  
while all the lies of the world burn  
 
Written by Jade-Pandora (jade tiger)
Published | Edited 30th Mar 2020
Author's Note
© 2015 Jade Pandora

• ghat = steps.
Manikarnika ghat is the main location of the funeral pyres in Varanasi (Benares)
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