Mahfil. v 7, V. 7 ( 1971) p. 65.


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65

And again I saw him

your great god I

falling frozen in terror

and crashing on the earth I and jumping up — wha?

ripping rags to shreds fugghhhkl fla aggghhhI kiizaaaaghll ga blaagghhhl

with waves of chaos swirling from his presence

And I saw him jump into a lake

with no water and the mud hard as bricks and a dark lady

in red and caked with mud slipped a rope around his necks and dragged him down into death.

Where the dead are

I saw mighty Kumbhakarna and all the sons of Ravana

all oily and the hair shaved off their heads

Dashagriva with ten necks riding a boar backwards

Indrajita clutching a porpoise backwards

Kumbhakarna a camel ~

only Bibishana under a white canopy

with four attendents was standing

in space

And then billions of demons

in red flowers and red clothes

went past playing stringed instruments

and singing and drinking and laughing

And I saw the magic city of Lanka

elephants chariots horses city gates and graceful arches I saw all of you in screaming red fall into a hole

full of shit;"



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