Allen Ginsberg in India

After reading that the American Poet Allen Ginsberg, (hidden behind his beard)
went searching for a spark of enlightenment In India 
had given up with the not smoking, no meat, no fish, eggs, onions,
no masturbation
and mumbling 'guru' for a week
(as was advised by a local guru)
I wondered what he had given up first.

'Guru' seems the most likely
replaced by a 'say Peter' resounding in the
muggy space of their sweaty hut, 
addressing his surprised lover.

But then,
was it the eggs for breakfast, 
a juicy steak
or was the hand stronger than the heart?

I think that outside in the slums of Benares
in his white pajamas with his long black hair
with that squinting  look of his
during sunrise
like Marlon Brando
he opened a pack of Phillip Morris
and said, to no one in particular:

'don't follow my path to extinction,
kid.'