Unclean Poem by Vivek Haldar

A body is unclean, they say
Only the soul is untainted
But the impurity of the body
Is born within the body
By which ritual does the body
become pure?
Not a creature has been born
except in a bloody womb.
This is the glory of God,
Defilement exists within.
The body is polluted from within
Look in your heart for
knowledge
Tell me where untouchability
Came from, since you believe in it.
Mix red juice, white juice and air
A body bakes in a body …
We eat by touching, we wash
by touching, from a touch
the world was born