Kali woke up one morning
Collector
Destroyer
Remover
She stretched over the earth
Kali asana
Her tongue ablaze
Her heart in rhythm to the beat of death
She twirled her toes
violent violet black
She stuck her fork in tracts of land
swallowed mouthful after mouthful of human crimes
against nature
against voiceless living creatures
water ice soil leaf
skies sighing mourning song
who dare disturb me with
greed
desire
human error
She spat She sweated
the absolution of all sins
who’s the boss of who now
who gives a shit about the choking air
the price of petrol
your mortgaged home
I will flood you
I will set you on fire
I will crack the bones of your fragile pride
level the playing field
until you know your place
and balance is restored
for one death begets another
cry not for what has passed
only for what would happen
if Kali did not do yoga

Dubai
March 2020