Tuesday, October 4, 2005

agha shahid ali - astrologer

The Fate of the Astrologer Sitting on the Pavement Outside the Delhi Railway Station

"Pay, pay attention to the sky,"
he shouts to passers-by.

The planets gather dust
from passing trucks.

1 comment:

  1. simblink83jOctober 4, 2005 at 1:06 AM

    That's deep............ I'm already wasted on words, envisioning my own interpretation of the excerpt above. Words can be quite powerful....

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