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mother thought he was in college
when he was quarter-way to school;
his son joined him after years in class 1.
jobbed as a temple cook;
cut deals with temple priest to tend family;
a world celebrity ---
15 sq. km. of verur village
--- on avial, dal vada, boli.
chewing rolls of black tobacco shut him up;
sometimes spotted alone
on a rock in verur river.
indiscretions were scarce for the brahmin
distanced from brahman.
the 12th man.