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In India, we got to visit a
set of temples very famous

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for the erotic sculpture
by the name of Khajuraho.

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And we had this
wonderfully proper guide,

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a gentleman I would say,
maybe in his late 50s,

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and he would point to
these incredible nudes

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in incredible positions
and he would say,

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yet another perversity.

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And he would never
crack a smile, OK.

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So this is about that place.

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Khajuraho.

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Rupee, rupee.

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Words like light bells
ringing behind us.

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Bangled wrists,
small cupped hands.

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Rupee, rupee.

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One, two four, nine.

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Rupee, rupee.

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Ringing in the tiny village.

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White sun slipping
into the still lake.

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Nearby, the sculptured
hands, breasts,

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hips, and tongues of Khajuraho.

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Temples still hot
like Khamavati,

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legend says, who tossed in
the sheets one summer night,

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walked barefoot to a pool,
stroked the gleaming ripples

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with her fingertips, slipped
out of her heavy clothes,

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as Chandra the moon God watched.

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Swam among the lotus.

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Her skin whiter and
whiter as Chandra

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slipped down into
the water into her.

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Whose son became
King of Khajuraho.

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Now pilgrims and tourists
stare at these temples.

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These figures that
touch and taste openly.

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Women teasing even
trees to bloom.

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A spell about the temple
garden and village as if

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the mix of jasmine
and flesh drags us so.

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The pure young voices--

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rupee, rupee, become
a foreign sound.

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