Death of a priest
buzzed Yogi Nagar gossip.
Shuttling between
OMs and oxygen tents
priest fell out of court.
Genetically taped
grandfather traditions,
a son,
at a Veda school in Thanjavur
beads shlokas
in a transition.
Knew the priest for a brief hour
at a Ganapati homam at home.
Said he, over coffee and cash:
'Tampi, pray daily for an hour,
or even less,
but do,
to be out of distress.
'Sheri, parkkalam,'
said he in parting.
No, parkkalams.
(Sheri, Parkkalam: OK, see you.)
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