Armistice

unrearthing the fallen saint
you wash your feet
and enter the temple of forgotten god :

cult of escape from
tangled half-truths
with dramatic entry of hysterics

you fail to accept yourself,
the grieving death-mask
transcends a fresco

labyrinthine, spacey
soul-sick mates
disputing for no things

the unstained shirt
reminds the absence
you bake a new recipe


SATISH VERMA
Copyright © | Year Posted 2010

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