{"id":4004,"date":"2013-09-05T20:35:27","date_gmt":"2013-09-05T20:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fourwaybooks.com\/site\/?page_id=4004"},"modified":"2022-11-08T12:37:15","modified_gmt":"2022-11-08T17:37:15","slug":"the-theory-and-function","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fourwaybooks.com\/site\/the-theory-and-function\/","title":{"rendered":"The Theory and Function of Mangoes"},"content":{"rendered":"

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paper \u2022 82 pages \u2022 13.95
\nISBN-13:\u00a0\u00a01-884800-29-7<\/p>\n

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The Theory and Function of Mangoes<\/em><\/h1>\n

George Kalamaras<\/h2>\n

Congratulations to George Kalamaras on becoming the Poet Laureate of Indiana in January 2014!<\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n

AT RAJ GHAT<\/p>\n

This is where Gandhiji was burned at death.
\nWhat remains is a square of black marble<\/p>\n

and where the head might be, an urn of ash
\nas a memento, for the Mahatma<\/p>\n

now swims in the Jamuna and borders
\nNew Delhi. So many deaths and burnings<\/p>\n

glow in votive candles and marigolds
\ndropped like golden dust across the slab:<\/p>\n

Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi,
\nand at the eastern end of Raj Path,<\/p>\n

India Gate, a 42-meter-high
\nstone arch of triumph that bears the names<\/p>\n

of 90,000 Indian Army soldiers
\nwho died in World War I, the North–<\/p>\n

West Frontier operations, and — confused — in the
\n1919 Afghani War.<\/p>\n

This is where Gandhiji’s flesh burned brightly,
\nshooting up from beneath mounds of flowers<\/p>\n

like a sudden brush fire, or a flare
\nsaying,\u00a0save me, save me, save me, and you<\/em><\/p>\n

save yourself!<\/em>\u00a0Marigolds shiver in breezes
\npouring back from the river and spill dust<\/p>\n

like tiny ingots of blood that glow gold
\nin sun. You are one of thousands of pilgrims<\/p>\n

who touch the stone, who bow into yourselves
\nand feel cool blackness below burning gold.<\/p>\n

What remains is a slab of black marble
\nand a beautiful park with labeled trees<\/p>\n

planted by Queen Elizabeth II,
\nDwight D. Eisenhower, and Ho Chi Minh.<\/p>\n

About the Author<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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