everyone’s dying

everyone’s dying to die

everyone’s in my way

on my way to die

it’s too hot and dusty to die

I am eating the ashes of the dead

eating the exhaust of cars

an image sacrifice

looking for a boat to heaven

namaste,

your boat has bad karma

out of the way

I am burning inside of shame

I am at the seat of ash

on a boat to nowhere

burning inside

I am the end of time

shiva orange

rat queen

goddess of money

sleeping in time to die at the hands of doms

sunrise to sunrise from the beginning of time

alone at the end of time

rowing nowhere

lost in serpentine alleys

amongst the amputees and water buffalos

amongst dust breathing souls

looking into eyes

looking back

for anything

not burning

Source: Poetry Foundation