Afternoon raga
languor cloys the spirit all too soon,
haunting as a hidden flute,
elusive as the crescent moon.
Threads suspend across the river,
music's slender gossamer
unwinding from the sitar-player's
fingers, silk from a cocoon.
Lives resemble drops of dew,
shimmering translucent fruit
on the world-tree, fresh at dawn,
vanishing with afternoon…
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