startling banals

29 December 2012

the mind goes chasing
imaginary mosquitoes;
if it doesn't find any,
it breeds some of its own
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28 December 2012

marriage hall-
the shehnai player
a mobile addict
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21 December 2012

from hall to kitchen
and back
the child's running shadow
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19 December 2012

marriage hall-
between pieces
the shehnai player's
cellphone
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northward train-
the termite hills
change colour
too
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13 December 2012

why so restless
before biting me
mosquito?
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07 December 2012

ghat road-
jungle smells,
daytime chorus
of crickets
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03 December 2012

past midnight
the station dog eavesdrops
homeward-bound labourers
joking about
missing their train
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02 December 2012

night train
platform's edge
the tea seller's solitary smoke
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