tailor said "I'll make the outfit
but not from your pattern
it isn’t opulent enough
not enough challenge
let’s have flowers swirling around
in the empty spaces
of the skirt and chodders
it can be ready by Janmastami day
pedaling down by the old railroad bridge
where the blue herons stay
following along with the pace line
fast and fit racers lead
us asrama dwellers
crossing the first highway
through Saint Dagwood’s park
where the river flows and the folks are wild
behind a car that declares it’s art
with several cow horns and a statue of
an Egyptian goddess
now return home
to the call of ratha-bhojana-vrksa
past the jungle that’s full of sounds
kalarupa says come with me
to the sandhya celebration
over the chain where the bunnies hop
scatter quickly to get away
dress the thakuras
in their baby blue
a nightdress where Mahaprabhu and Sri Gandharvika
featuring blue
while Sri Giridhari features white
take rest now under the starry sky
wait till everyone comes to be seen
at mangala arati
gurudeva told us the thakura’s traditional colors
mango yellow and blue
in this outfit Srimati Gandharvika’s sari
is especially beautiful
took some green for Mahaprabhu’s chodder
along with Giridhari’s yellow with colored jewels
the devotees could hardly wait to see them
hey flower man puspa frank is there any way
you could give some roses and zinnias for the leis
please
late in the afternoon heard the call of the wild
and Murka and I got out to pedal for a while
over the first highway to the hospital corner
where we came upon a pedaler who is a foreigner
he asks why to go north he has to start south today
at least that’s what his map seems to say
it’s just the way the roads lead
something about the local breed
kalarupa waits where ratha-bhojana-vrksa sings
to see what Murka brings
together they see mrgabhavana is dark
then they arrive in time for sandhya happy as a lark
a friend of the fallen is the greeter
talking like a pirate the hot pink looks sweeter
the emerald is just right of course
to sooth the rider of the different colored horse
entering Markatamani puri
to make camp till mangal arati