His death in Benares

For Geoff Dyer his front yard is the true Benares — Devara Dasimayya, tr. A.K. Ramanujan His death in Benares Won’t save the assassin From certain hell, Any more than a dip In the Ganges will send Frogs—or you—to paradise. My home, says Kabir, Is where there’s no day, no night, And no holy book in sight To squat on our lives.