a new outfit is coming for Janmastami time is near and the cloth arrived the seamstress watched as the lines of the flowers bounced side to side red, mango, yellow and blue everyone knows who wears which color as well as what each dress might do

Gandharvika's sari may curl up or down explaining all this to arch the seamstress made a funny sound have you seen the rose leis with gerbera centers with spider mums too look it's the sun this warm afternoon cycle babble said let's get out and cycle soon there's time, i said, to get through lion's park before dark we'll climb the skater's hill count the points they score while they turn circles and handsprings on their boards all along the paved trail creeping up behind the team drafting we sail turning the corner at natasala through treacherous triangle easing by the market where the beasts are tangled respecting ratha-bhojana-vrksa we bow and pray crossing into the ashram greeted by mi ray bells ring kirtaners sing in the evening the lion laughs aloud with lemon yellow effulgence they'll please the mangal arati crowd