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To lie with Ganges soil: some tombs were temples,
Some were cenotaphs; and one, a tiny Taj.
Here lay sundry relatives, including Uncle Henry,
Who'd been for many years a missionary.
'Sacred to the Memory
Of Henry C. Wagstaff,
Who translated the Gospels into Pashtu,
And was murdered by his own Chowkidar.
'Well done, thou good and faithful servant'-
So ran his epitaph.
The gardener, who looked after the trees,
Also dug graves. One day
I found him working at the bottom of a new cavity,
'They never let me know in time,' he grumbled.
'Last week I dug two graves, and now, without warning,
Here's another. It isn't even the season for dying.
There's enough work all summer, when cholera's about-
Why can't they keep alive through the winter?'
Near the railway-lines, watching the trains
(There were six every day, coming or going),
And across the line, the leper colony . . .
I did not know they were lepers till later
But I knew they were different: some
Were without fingers or toes
And one had no nose
And a few had holes in their faces
And yet some were beautiful
They had their children with them
And the children were no different
From other children.
I made friends with some
And won most of their marbles
And carried them home in my pockets.
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