The Fakirs.(Brief Article)(Poem)

Ploughshares | March 22, 2004| | Copyright 
 
The Fakirs 
 
   Cobras rise out of raw pits for them, 
   coils swaying 
   below each diamond head and red forked tongue. 
 
   When in old robes 
   they walk across a bed of sin, steam hisses 
   as if each footstep held a pod of water 
 
   and to the murmurs of the crowd, they lift their feet 
   unscathed, and grin. 
   And sometimes they fast for days and sometimes they read minds 
 
   or pull iron spikes of pity from unbloodied palms. 
   But in their heart of hearts, ...

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