Thatha gets ready for Death
Posted: 26 Jul 2012, 22:32
: counting days of churning buttermilk,
skimming butter, melting ghee,
knowing full well the ultimate
and penultimate day of being seated
in a sitting posture-this Saivite,
fit for burial, being lowered into a cave
of mud earth, after the last ritualistic bath
with ghee and milk, grandpa's daughter-in-law
had made home ghee ready for him
at his own precalculated date
in an empty Horlicks bottle.
Thatha:Grandfather
skimming butter, melting ghee,
knowing full well the ultimate
and penultimate day of being seated
in a sitting posture-this Saivite,
fit for burial, being lowered into a cave
of mud earth, after the last ritualistic bath
with ghee and milk, grandpa's daughter-in-law
had made home ghee ready for him
at his own precalculated date
in an empty Horlicks bottle.
Thatha:Grandfather