Love Alaknanda

Aarti is pain,arti is prem;arti sane,arti
insane;arti is sunshine,arti is rain
arti is darkness,arti is sleeplessness
arti is a tulip freshly conceived at the
twilight tame
arti is pleasure,arti is melancholia-mingled mail
arti is Mississippi,arti is Padma,Meghna
Jamuna,Bramaputra,Shetoelakha,Volga
Newfoundland
arti is a shrine;church,temple,mosque,pagoda
Roses,tulips,marigolds,merry-making at the
dewey lanes
arti is numbers,the numbless name;arti is
rhythms,ripples,love unleashing orgasmic
brothels!
Arti is faith,arti is faithlessness,summer
breeze caught in the leafless tales
arti is fulfillment,arti is bereavement
arti is burial,arti is burning Arrival.