Long ago our courage deserted usThought soon froze in its tracksOur spiked hair rose to the skyAs the cold air bit into our bonesWhite rain poured on thatched roofsForming yellow snakes of watersAnd outside the rusted window railsOn the yellow- dropped leavesYesterday was the day of cockfightsThe birds stared at their bound legsWaiting to bleed [...]
Archive for August, 2005
16 Aug
Songs
The night advanced slowly castingIts ominous shadows on the facesOutside her house the neem tree shookBy the gentle tug of a dreamlike windRustling through its autumn leavesThe sky rumbled vaguely in the distanceSilver lined clouds dissipated in the hillsThe wind fizzled down in the stillness.She sang to the sky all sorts of songsInfused with meaning, [...]
16 Aug
The Tirumala hills
Delve into the nature of thingsBecome them. Bridge distances.Here yawning time-distances shrink.New chemical formulas emerge.All that is thought logical mergesInto camphor-fragrant unrealityWords quickly change into thingsTime stands immobile and petrified.Bright yellow sampangi petalsBreathe fragrant life into the skyTall swaying red sandalwood treesTilt precipitously towardsThe orange fringe of the western sky.The holes of my eyes are [...]
15 Aug
The Woman in the Picture
I look. Then I turn away.The curtains are drawnIn a bizarre way, in a knot.There are heaps of booksBook upon book, little hillocksGood enough for an eagles’ view,She looks down, calmlyShe stands on a flat planeUniquely two-dimensional.I try climbing the hillocks.It is pretty dizzy over thereAnd her breath is ice-coldLet me open the curtainsThe sun [...]
10 Aug
The interview
One went into deep slumber fully awareThe air did not touch nor melodiously singThe tweet of the gray bird went over and againAs the helpless chick tried to find wayHemmed in by clusters of grass squaresThe mind’s baby gurgled as if threateningIt got mixed up in the easily penetrable skullThe story of someone deeply drowningHold [...]
