“Anyone who’s ever seen pictures of Hindu sculpture knows…” refers to the plates in Heinrich Zimmer Jr.’s book The Art of Indian Asia, Its Mythology and Transformations.  See The Back Country, p. 74, for variants between recorded version and published text.

POEMS FROM THE BACK COUNTRY (1968)
“For a Stone Girl at Sanchi”
“A Dry Day Just Before the Rainy Season…”
“To Hell with Your Fertility Cult”
Introduction to “A Walk”
“A Walk”