You must  bathe with foul monkeys and apes
in the cool waters beneath India's morning sun
while the shadows dance in palm frond shapes
that darken a beginning you've not yet begun

You must  bathe with foul monkeys and apes
in the cool waters beneath India's morning sun
while the shadows dance in palm frond shapes
over the beginning you have not yet begun

You must bathe naked with foul monkey chimp apes
in the murky river waters beneath India's noon sun
while devilish shadows dance in palm frond shapes
to cloud the sad beginning you have not yet begun