I was the rude woman who readied red eyes for a naughty manJust TodayI was the busy business woman who held a pen and held a bendJust todayI was the religious mother, calling on goodness to bless her kidJust todayI was the most patient of teachers listening to questions without a flinchJust todayI was the […]
There are lonely nightsWhen distance turns clouds to fall memoriesHitting hard the roof of poresForcing the skin to need some chores IIThere are lonely nightsWhen phone talk, nearness buriesHitting hard sensitivity in its coresForcing thoughts to break some laws IIIThere are lonely nightsWhen you are all my thought carriesForcing mood swings to out its clawsBreaking […]
I am a multitude in oneI am one in a multitudeA solid, liquid, gas in a miraculous formMaking me a fit on this chit in life I am a multitude in oneWith a head, heart and handsWith a stomach, thighs and legsAll working with numerous veinsAnd capable bones in a successful livingLike a tree and […]
Corona has corrected many a curse …curing many a con in many a country Clever Corona! II It has shown real needs as to wants …of supposed developed nations – …toilet paper on top, food below, great minds! Correct Corona! III It has taken silence bragging …from dragging borgas Stopped many planes from flying the […]
When songs of nightingales Hit blocked drums of infatuated cocks They cry loss but look hardest Cursing the hearing maker II When the ‘borla’ bird Dreams of cuddling a peacock It shivers at peck-like-axing One that can give away its intestines In a split second III Every struggling soul Like a beheaded fowl Kicks and […]
A fish with parched throat Afloat the vast ocean waves Gets no mercy cries From a flying bird right up Drought in flood is deceptive II A bird in flying Can never show breathlessness Let alone be saved By a sheep walking the land Can minds be blamed for thinking? III A sheep in sweating […]
In the midst of storm The sweet breeze blankets from dust The eyes must take form And close to shield from the storm Who but God gives reflexes? II The arms of the cold Bites when it catches the lone But they pretend to hold When they see others and mourn Who but God gives […]
Circling the circle Of the circled Is still a circle II Squaring the square Of the squared Is still a square III The rain will fall The sun will shine The wind will blow The earth may shake The birds will fly Into the sky Upon my hi’s So play I will And never stand […]
When I sniff and sniff I think I stink and stink When I blink and blink I think I’m blind an blind When I listen and listen I think I’m deaf and deaf When I walk and walk I think I’m a crippled cripple When I touch my hair I feel I’m bald and bald […]
“No way sideways No way forward Certainly can’t go backwards I must hang in the sky To be visible to the world” That has become the only codification for shining “No smooth way to hang in the sky No smooth way to stand in the sunlight that throws rays of satisfaction No smooth way […]
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