We were on a cliff-
To jump or make love-
A poetic line crept in,
A pebble to trouble,
Not a #stone to rest upon.
She saved the moment,
Succinctly,
"Don't!"
We hate poets
Moaning about lost love
Or war or Nature
Before paella
Or idli-sambhar.
Jump
Or
F...
Be kind.
#vss365
My loveboat's #Captain,
Life is good sharing this view!
(I'm in your blind spot.)
#vss365
#haiku #senryu ?
There's much to rage about,
From vacuous relationships
To open discrimination,
But it's better to be silent
In a place perfect for that,
Maybe not in a #desert,
But do sit under the hot sun,
Let the nonsense simmer,
Pray for a suitable end
For the fool that's you.
#vss365
Will the steps take me to you,
Will you lead me to the deep,
Those are the wrong questions...
When I am here for respite
From guilt and barter or is to feel
That lost touch with carelessness...
questions shying away from the #light
with no admission in the shadows...
#vss365
Bewitched by our vows:
"...till you lie in a #corpse_fjord."
A gunshot wedding.
#vss365
#haiku #senryu
Beneath the #sea_thatch,
There's warmer water, they say.
A soul after life.
#vss365
#haiku #senryu ?
"How do I write a poem about the #grief_of_the_elm_tree ?"
"Write about the wind."
"How will that help?"
"Trust me. Just do it."
"O careless dear wind,
Why did you leave the tree bare
To let the sun peep?
What now?"
"Leave it as it is, a failed #haiku or #senryu."
#vss365
Malayalees are dissatisfied with & unappreciative of everything. If the Eiffel Tower had been in Kerala, we would have said, "Bah! It's not even gold-plated."
Because of this, we did not hero worship. The incumbents always lost in elections.
I mean, in the past.
#CommonPeople
It was the #anvil_of_joy
When I could forget myself
And you were me
Awake or subconscious,
When you went and I am none,
Prayed for the last attack
On this unused abused metal
With echoes of past tremors.
#vss365
Today, in my mother's village, a politician contributed something to the village temple.
Trying to get into the junta's good books.
My uncles arranged payasam (a sweet) for the occasion.
"Why the payasam?" I asked.
"How else will you get people for the show?!"
#CommonPeople
It's election time.
I'm busy
With questions
For them.
R u free of bigots,
I might ask or,
The 10/7 H@m@s @tt@ck,
Was it a trr0rist @tt@ck,
Or,
The Query,
Did u give Water
when we begged.
Rhetorical questions!
Wasted #battle_sweat.
I'll stare at the sun.
Ignore them.
#vss365
"Arjun, did you just wish me Happy Women's Day?"
"Yes, Swapna."
"Bah!"
"Come on, I say it on the day I worship the #elf_glory."
"Is it today?"
"No, every day."
"Do you worship the chariot or the rider Sól?"
"Do you have to ask?"
"Bah!"
"To you too."
#vss365
In a triptych;
Three ladies then, confident, a bit unsure, one tired, two less so and smiling;
Them, a quarter of a century later, bright, successful, all smiling;
And, a lady like them, with a then, without a now,
When life vanished, #feathers_fall in a dry desert.
#vss365
My life would have been so much better if I had realized that:
1. Others think I am an idiot;
2. Lovers and friends can't understand what I say in those rare instances when they are interested in what I say; and,
3. Heads of state, elected representatives and government are not as powerful as the local chieftain (eg, residents association bigwig).
The road to fascism is paved with flimsy tiles that seem to be there for the common good aka appeasing the majority.
The road to a truly democratic state is rough and tortuous with bare tough ground for those who believe in equality.
#EqualityForAll
#Democracy
#HumanRights
"Don't touch our water!"
In my mother's village, even the politicians would take a stand against that.
But, not here in the middle of Trivandrum city, a mile from the CM's office, in Vanchiyoor ward.
Here:
1. A valve installed by the KWA and to be used in extreme situations was destroyed by scoundrels so that a member of the Guru's family would not get the basic minimum of a basic human right.
2. In the last 32 days, we got water on 7 days: Feb 3, 5, 7, 8, 12, 19, 28. On Feb 28, it was a meager 1000L.
3. In this water line, people with multiple houses and rental property seem to be getting enough and more. In the best of times, they get water 24x7 while we get for 2 hours around 4 am.
So sick of such a sick place.
"Arjun, give me an example of a #kenning?"
"Kenning? What's that?"
"Swapna?"
"Ultra-irritant: politician?"
"Not exactly. Arjun, want to try?"
"Oh, Ma'am, how about majority-appeaser: fascist?"
"I think you two should go to the library and read about it."
#vss365
