i passed a starving junky on the street corner
eating heroin in his veins
because he’s hungry God,
he’s so hungry

but the caste system of Calcutta lives in a cobweb
on a filthy street corner
where injustice is potent
and holy cows are sacrificed on trash dumps
for you
and for me

hail mary, full of grace,
the Lord is with you

india makes hell look like heaven
so forget america, love,
forget her

know that on a filthy street corner in Calcutta
men and women
of flesh and bones
are sacrificing their bodies
for you
and for me

eating heroin in their veins
because they have no rice

injustice is potent

now, and at the hour of our death

-hallie