Appropriation

How often do you
Consider YOLO?
Chilling, ye?
How often are you
Allotted a coffin
With royal blue curtains
To pass the 12 hr bus ride?

Stage set
But not because we pass tuk tuks
On blind mountain switchbacks
Nor because
Opting for the lux ticket
On the iphone
Is particularly adventurous

Because for a moment
The Ghats were scattered
With little tissue fires
& the sun's dusky teeth
Were stained with beteljuice
& the farmers took scythes
To overgrown coffee shrubs
As biting red ants
Fell down their shirts
& everyone had the fever
The yips
The juice
The mud
For a moment i forgot
My sacred mantra