Samsara

[milo]

Samsara

We followed the call of crows to the river Ganges -
100 bodies - more - a fetid swamp
that paints the stench of death across the ranges. ....hyperbole much? the himalayan range is a few hundred kilometres away from the Ganges (I am assuming you are talking about the river downstream of where it enters the plains)
The himalaya cycle never changes.
God's eye, the wick, and there we set our lamp
and followed the call of crows. The river Ganges -

the source of life and on that source life hinges -
and sets those greedy banks as death's camp
that paints the stench of death across the ranges.

The dogs compete amidst the plenty. Mange is
wild in thin fur, their breath is damp
they followed the call of crows to the river Ganges.

They didn't want the rebirth of scourge or binges
didn't want the life parade and stamp
that paints the stench of death.  Across the ranges

of jewels and silks and opulence and dinges
of humans and trash that mountain into dumps
we followed the call of crows to the river Ganges
that paints the stench of death across the ranges.

well, obviously it is not working, but it doesn't say "The Himalayas" which is the mountain range. Thanks for reading and commenting

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Thanks for posting this, much enjoyed.

Thanks, ella. I am feeling twinges every time I read "stench of death", what do you think?

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added a link to the article that inspired it