#2431 -- a blue god

 

2431

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28.viii.26

a blue god

Vishnu ekphrastic

 

monkeys and bears

shakti is Lakshmi

 

tread on a demon

wrestle chaos

you cannot be over-bedecked

 

here, hold this snake

it’s a tug-o-war

you can’t have too many hands

 

we make up a picture of what’s yet to come

and this has all already been

 

there’s a boar, a man-lion

the plough holder

 

there’s the future’s warrior on horseback

 

who doesn’t like a nice bit of worship?

 

can’t have too many avatars

you can’t have too many names

 

but a good kip in the cosmic ocean

that’s just a typical day

... lotus rise, mud for complexion

 

who wouldn’t churn an ocean of milk?

 

rescue fair damsel from the sea floor?

 

who wouldn’t wear a halo?

 

here. hold my conch and mace

just give me a moment

a lolling tongue

 

you have to balance the earth on your tusks

 

sometimes you’ll need to work around the rules

to get things back on track

 

seduce a demon for immortality’s sake

 

every universe needs a protector

 

this one dances too

 

Krsna summons the gopis by way of his flute

 

shakti is Lakshmi

monkeys and bears

 

you can’t have too many avatars

 

the ultimate’s always yet to appear