Second Assassination

Inspired by  Mahatma Gandhi Reportedly Depicted As Bisexual, Racist In New Biography

Ganhi-ji

Shrunken, yet  invincible

Of wizened face and ageless eyes

We remember your

March to the ocean

Making your salt from sea water

Wearing homespun

Fasting in protest’s name

Brahmacharya

Yet purity eluded you

Young girls in your cot

Naked as birth, as truth

‘Despite my best efforts, the organ remained aroused.

 It was an altogether strange and shameful experience.’
Longing to extinguish desire

                

Sending a reedy slip to fetch pumice

For your calloused, dirty feet

into wilds of  forest, where women were prey

She returned, tear stained, shaken

‘If some ruffian had carried you off and

You had met your death courageously,

my heart would have danced with joy.’

Summoning strength 

Bapu,

They warp your words,

a second assassination 

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