Sandalwood statue,you’ve fed yourself to RiverKarnali; currentsgnawed everything you are not.You have fed yourself to time.
You emerge gnarled asroots, swarming from earth like eelsfrom tenebrous pools.Tendrils form your entangledmane. A crown wreathes your faces.
You exile demons,collapse time, hasten success,& palaver withcrimson tongues of dogs. Your threeeyes guide wayfarers in search
of miracles. Theyliquefy into evening’sshadowy ocean:indigo waves. Your pregnanteyelids consume each witness.
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