There, in God’s country, the benign rulerHad promptly burst out of the earth’s bowelsA sea of coconuts smothered, sultrily,The most unwilling moss-painted housesThe banyan raised its feet high enoughFor hundreds of creepy monsoon-creaturesThe journey then began in white rainWaiting for streaks of silver sunshineTo crawl through upright areca nut barksAs the telephone wires went up [...]
Archive for September, 2005
4 Sep
An October Morning
Here, in October, scores of dragonfliesFly about like miniature airplanesSpeckled butterflies collide with themFloating in the air like catamaransThe morning slowly dries wet clothes,Dripping, they smell of blue detergentThe house there wakes up bleary-eyedHesitating shadows emerge from the wallsA varnished gate, the midget of a womanOn the concrete bench, in the garden Measuring the length [...]
4 Sep
The Woman In The Painting
Lively watercolorsVivid cool pastelsBecome gray shadowsEyelashes flutter languidlyIn off-white backgroundShe takes in the breathOf saffron evenings.The sun slowly descends.Dots of steady-winged birdsFly out of the canvas.Shrill eagle-callsRupture the canvasShe shouts out, loud,In not-so- audible decibelsOver the world’s cacophonyEmbedded in experienceIt is all the same, whateverA rehash and a re-livingThe experience staysAnd the exquisiteness.
