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   SHIVA

These are the words
they fall
dropping the words are
angels
the sort with wings
they fall onto stones
and break
they break open
out pours water
water pours
out pours water
the dead are cleansed

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[penumbral.livejournal.com]

That's just a matter of opinion. Besides, there is nothing oblique about this at all, it's a very straight metaphor and the key to it is in the title, he always hides the key right in the lock for you. The relation of Shiva to the ganges and the act of purification. The failing is that it is too simple, a metaphor of insufficient power to achieve the actions it describes.