how did it begin anyway br this love of sound and words and rhythm br and word painting? br did a bunch of perhaps thirteen men and women br gather one night br under the star-covered trees br and eat pizzas and say: br tonight we’ll not drink sake br or soma br and we’ll not have sex br or argue about swines and politics and metaphysics; br we’ll not drink wine or breathe in fumes br that make minds gallop like wild boars br but, tonight, we’ll drink words instead?br br Raj Arumugambr br