Arun Kolatkar's 'Scratch': Divine and Stone

What is god <br />and what is stone <br />the dividing line <br />if it exists <br />is very thin <br />at jejuri <br />and every other stone <br />is god or his cousin <br /> <br />there is no crop <br />other than god <br />and god is harvested here <br />around the year <br />and round the clock <br />out of the bad earth <br />and the hard rock <br /> <br />that giant hunk of rock <br />the size of a bedroom <br />is khandoba's wife turned to stone <br />the crack that runs right across <br />is the scar from his broadsword <br />he struck her down with <br />once in a fit of rage <br /> <br />scratch a rock <br />and a legend springs<br /><br />Arun Kolatkar<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/scratch-6/