i went to the market today
from our new bus station
i bought a solitary book
slowly down the ganges

there is an old photograph
it is worth a look
of a naked man on a reed mat
the caption

reads outside the post office
in benaras
i thought here is a happy
go-lucky kind

and what kind of society
would allow such
relaxation
and how healthy

his exhibition
and how big the smiles
of the children
of india..