Hurricane
(to be read to the beat of dhaki's at the puja pandal)

A faustian pendulum a birthday gift to help us keep the prices down
Overjoyed oily housewives, oily party cadres, possessed dispossessed
Damn the goddamn damn the goddamn damn the goddamn damn
Who's mother bribing this year? Is the mother joking?

A wring of prophets spin the rape of minds the depths dark
Orphaned marshlands orphaned again faith skin party colors
Damn the goddamn damn the goddamn damn the goddamn damn
What is madam wearing, yaar? What madam says is final.

The people a buffalo august smog a broad indistinct line
Sunlit large orange swathes the beach the boulevard
Damn the goddamn damn the goddamn damn the goddamn damn
What's the mother driving this year? What's the mother smoking?