4 December 2007
the chorus line effect
the devas and asuras both came from Prajapati
but the former chose true speech
while the latter chose the lie
in the foyer of the Met
half way down K2
or Vegas
the bright blue boy band blasts away
for cable or the net
just now they’re filming in Peru
weather beaten Incas
yodel coloratura
from peak to peak
their colicky
babes in ponchos
eye the sky
for signs of
approaching music
decohering into grace
* first stanza from Bowker, John, The Oxford Dictionary of World Religions, New York, Oxford University Press, 1997, p. 103 as quoted on http://www.themystica.com/mystica/articles/a/asura.html viewed 4 December 2007 (no longer available)