Indian Brasserie

it’s crucial to like coconuts at the Royal Barge
presumed thinking that pomegranate
juice may protect babies’ brains
even if he doesn’t know when he was born

quiet strangers walk passed holding urns in pain
to table flakes and jars in opposable creaks
while the Indian cats speak Hindi
eating mains from the words written

above the plate forward one foot twelve
point zabaglione feast
what does it mean if you don’t dream?
the silhouette changes brandished

at the door into divided Bollywood Squares
Darjeeling Chai leaves lead
to a pious panicky stable of used men
in booths appealing to the sacred cows