Cows are holy in India, and they conrol the streets
English Colours of the Indian Raj
Holy Cow!
Sacred Off White
spotted grey
burnished black
suede brown and tan
live hides wander
between the scrambled shops
down the green flanked dirt highways
High Priests of Vegetarianism
munch grey cardboard scraps
kneel before bright blue ads
promising brilliant
technical training
pooping in the access path
Cows remind
the multi-‐colored Indians
jobbing at
the glass-‐walled call centers
of the Ayurvedic past
While caught in the branded
cattle compound’s contemporary
yoke of blue Krishna’s
Capitalist Compromise
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