A Scratch - Arun Kolatkar
what is god
and what is stone
the dividing line
if it exists
is very thin
at jejuri
and every other stone
is god or his cousin
there is no crop other than god and god is harvested here around the year and round the clock out of the bad earth and the hard rock
that giant hunk of rock the size of a bedroom is khandoba's wife turned to stone the crack that runs right across is the scar from his broadsword he struck her down with once in a fit of rage
scratch a rock and a legend springs
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