Music found in lifestyle magazines Lifestyles of blind beggars on local trains Playing prayers on old harmoniums suspended Lifestyles of instrument merchants and makers With nobody left to buy what they make Lifestyles of the kamchi iktara maker Selling ten rupee instruments every summer Lifestyles of Kirtankars and Priests Making prayers possible for unrelated people Through the beat of their word Their repeated insistence on blurring phonetic and morphemic boundaries channeling play between words and feelings and actions and their empty entry points. Words. What does this have to do with cash. Fashion. Electronic devices and consumption. Fame. Why is Music is featured in lifestyle sections in newspapers Next to jewelery and diamonds Next to white truffles and fine suede Next to celebrity.
Mostly I brush life off my shoulder when it falls gently from a tree, or when it grows from my shirt like lint. Mostly i sigh it away like a laugh from an unfounded joke or a waft of extra air in speech. Except sometimes.