to be Normal

 

To be/not to be

Normal? Given wrong data?

Remain #outlier. 

#vss365

#haiku #senryu ?

love(sick)?

 

99. When a man loves a woman a lot but knows too little, it is advisable for him to be a man of few words.

100. A man should keep his better half away from his worst half unless… (show more)

from ‘100 points in the #Countours of a Lovesick Old Man’s Life’ 5th ed. 

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work & love

 

"Arjun, amuse me."

"Swapna, did you know that Man created Work to be away from Love?"

"Jobless you implies no love?"

"I'm between projects. In the #interim, working on pareidolia."

"What?"

"I see you everywhere. This morn, on a boiled potato."

"Work isn't working."

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Why can't I write a love poem?

 

Why can't I write a love poem?

Don't I miss the playful #petulance,

the lingering troubles?

Can I deal with trust without hope,

with desire without tomorrow?

Can I crush her against me,

wonder if I'm good enough?

Minus skill amnesiac with words

I should write about that.

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Life is not for tomorrow

 

#Reservoir of love?

Life is not for tomorrow.

Give-n-take, that's best.

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#haiku #senryu ?

from 'The Third Night'

 

All that remained of the hill was the portion in the middle. Right over us. Like a multi-headed serpent, guarding or waiting to strike.

When the floods are over, if it is still standing, they will bring it down. No serpent, no god can survive the #onslaught of man.

#vss365

from my short story 'The Third Night':

https://gatheredthoughts-swapna.blogspot.com/2019/04/the-third-night.html

from 'Stories of the First Night'

 

It moved lightly on her shoulder, to her neck. It skirted past the thin strap of her nightdress. 

Was it his fingers? 

Or the spider? What if she turned and found it on his face? How will she #displace the arachnid?

She reached down and picked up her bedroom slipper. 

#vss365

from an old short story of mine 'Stories of the First Night':

https://justoneavatar.blogspot.com/2015/04/stories-of-first-night.html

lust in love's slipstream

 

Love in lust's #slipstream,

Or vice versa. Right eM-Oh

For good crime fiction.

from 'Wisdom of Mata Hari & Casanova'

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#haiku #senryu ?

bloodline

 

"Arjun, I am so bored. Confess."

"I was very young when I read my first adult book. Sidney Sheldon's '#Bloodline'. That accelerated the onset of puberty. Your turn, Swaps."

"Biggest

Lie

Of

One's

Disillusioned

Life (:)

Insufferable

Notions (about)

Extraction."

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#acronym

Valentine's Day

 

For some reason, not known to me, I used to post stories on #ValentinesDay. Otherwise, it was just another day. Kept that 'tradition' for a decade or so.

 

Not too sure why I stopped writing.

https://newnonentities.blogspot.com/2020/02/valentines-day-stories.html

to chase or not to chase

 

From ‘The Thirteenth Book of Meaningful Life’, volume 13, chapter 13, page 13:

“One’s life is meaningless if one does not #chase the following*:

Food

Health

Knowledge

Wealth 

Lust 

Love 

Kids

Ghosts 

Friends

*If one does not chase in that order, one is doomed.”

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Liberation

 

"#Liberation? Bah! The old ways were better. I went to her house. She was walking in the courtyard. With a few cousins. I didn't know which one she was. She thought my uncle looked good. Didn't notice me."

"How is that liberating?"

"When you are free of all illusions."

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outsiders

 

My land is big enough to keep my neighbours distant. That advantage also brought troubles. They took it for granted their cattle and goats could graze on my land. Even cleared a #thoroughfare across my land to get to the market. 

I had to guard my boundary. At any cost!

#vss365

This is from an old short story of mine about 'outsiders' and what creeps (aka 'bumiputra' or 'son-of-the-soil') do to them:

https://justoneavatar.blogspot.com/2016/03/my-land.html

When I croak

 

"Class, tell me about the #oak tree. Arjun?"

"When I croak..."

"Don't you dare!"

"But, ma'am, I have never seen an oak tree."

"Ok. Swapna?"

"Beneath the fine oak

Lies buried my weak darling.

Afterlife? Ha ha."

"Et tu."

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#haiku #senryu ?

Parricide

 

"Filling your pocket is no rocket science."

"I have no time for your #rockets pockets."

"Bro, what's the leading cause of deaths among the elderly? Parricide. Who checks all those peaceful deaths at home? Everything will come to you, no?"

"Two goats and the old car."

#vss365