Bellagio Blues
Looking at Bombay from Bellagio (excerpt)
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What is the connection between mud and blood?
The tiles in our Pali Hill home
were the colour of blood
They were hexagonal
Like a honey-hive
Another connection: industry and blood
When father got angry
He spilt mother's blood on these stones
Love and blood
Mother's blood seeped into the mud
I picked up a little mud from Pali Hill
and put it under my pillow
I sleep over it even at Bellagio
One day I'll sleep under it