“Hold me #tight, my love.”
“Arjun, if you touch me…”
“Swapna, how are we going to be Romeo and Juliet with such an attitude?”
“Why did Ma’am cast us? By the way, your mouth stinks.”
“Vivien as Scarlett said the same to Clark as Rhett. That’s a part of every love story.”
#vss365
if I could #draw
will it be you on canvas
or some sight i see without you
will it be the battle of the sublime
i am sure it will be you
if i could draw
i will wish for no such talent
how can i put you on canvas
when all that we did can't be there
#vss365
I said I could imagine
What you went through.
If I had kept my mouth shut
Our love would have lasted.
"Kids, write a poem with the prompt #headphones."
"You joking?"
"Arjun?"
"Nothing, ma'am. Here it is."
"Already?
#Roused by hip hop beats
From the #headphones she gave me,
Aroused forever.
This isn't kid stuff."
"That is Swapna's."
"Et tu, Swapna!"
#vss365
#haikufeels
I know what you want me to say
But if I curry favour with you,
Will you want me?
I know the fights I shouldn't fight
But if I am not tilting at #windmills,
Would I be this me?
I know I should tell our story
But if I come clean,
What's behind the smoke and mirrors?
#vss365
"Arjun, why have you described gender equality as a #chore?"
"Ma'am, it is a tedious but necessary task."
"Tedious?"
"It's tough to eradicate love."
"Swapna, help me."
"He thinks GE allows one to look at everyone with total disinterest."
"So necessary."
"Shut up, Arjun!"
#vss365
"The steamy strong macho on #horse with milky lace."
"S, we are in the barista next to Club Femme."
"Not there?"
"The club decided it was #courting disaster with you after too many."
"I'm knackered, A."
"One strong #mocha with rose, less steamed milk, for her, plz."
#vss365
when did I stop writing
was it when you forgot to pretend to read
or was I too eager for eyeball and applause
of those I can't say they feign interest
or was it when I realized
I had written the same old stuff
again and again
and I had to hear you say stop
or was it when I sat still and alone
lost in a beautiful nowhere without you
and stared at all that I should write about
all that I will never write about without you
We have the custom of keeping bouncers at the wedding hall. Affairs made in heaven need protection. We also believe one should have a #scrape with one's own future. I went to the altar with a black eye and scraped privates. My family’s bouncer, not hers, got me knotted.
#vss365
Her voice, dark and #foreboding, "In a world where love and company are outdated, the old will yield place to sati and cannibalism and..."
"Wake up! You were talking in your sleep."
"What did I say?"
"Nothing new. Get ready for breakfast. Your bestie is on the table."
#vss365
"That old lecher should be shot."
"One, he is my age. Two, I like his appreciative look."
"I don’t."
"Guess we can’t tell him to look at me and not at you."
"He should not look at any lady."
"Ok, sis. He shouldn't belly crawl through #brambles to do that."
#vss365
In a book by Coelho, there's this line about two people meeting and how the past and future become irrelevant.
When I met her 4 times in 24 hours, that's how it felt!
As we #bimbled over life's cliffs, I missed 4 chances to get rid of her guy.
The book ignored that!
#vss365
I write stories because of my fear of storytellers. No one read stories to me at night. I don't belong to that lot. Ramu, the milkman, was our storyteller. Kids who don't like stories #nettle me, he said. He was hanged in '83. Cries of the kids he killed just won't die.
#vss365
It's the much-hyphenated lady that made me realise I've a doppelgänger.
Yes, she-who-thinks-she-is-from-another-galaxy-and-i-don’t-belong-to-stars-that-#twinkle.
She sent word through my friend I shouldn’t follow her around.
Ha! As if I would.
But, he has good taste.
#vss365
I've joined an AI-enabled dating site.
Along with the profile and photo, one gets details of how the date will progress and the cost involved.
It has a few glitches.
I wanted one in 'full bloom'. Got one with 'dull #gloop' runs. She asked for 'TD&H with TLC'. Got me.
#vss365
"You two were like brothers. What happened?"
I shrugged. Took a piece of her #plum cake. Keeping him alive.
"Was it because of some girl?"
I nodded. A convenient lie.
The end was gradual, expected, not even bitter. An unequal balance that gave way to a lost meaning.
#vss365
Sorry. I had to use a scene from an old short story of mine for this.
https://justoneavatar.blogspot.com/2017/12/she-went.html
Love poems and I have a problem.
Circa 20th century: tried rhyme,
This male
On this vale
Braving gale
Loves you, my girl.
21st century: tried more syllables,
#Scrumptious effervescent one,
With such protuberances
And subliminal tumescence,
I'm in multisyllabic maze.
#vss365
Oh!
How do I tell her
I'm #heartbroken without her,
Euphoric with her?
#haikufeels
#haiku #senryu ?
