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Legacy

It’s the sole legacy from his dad.

A cup of ice cream tempts him 
more than the alluring face of
 a fair lady. Eating is his ecstasy 
forgetting the existence. 

It blooms in orange or red hue 
in a test tube in the summer 
of tension.

Urinary impulse usually slices
 his sleep into three at night.

Nameless anxieties burn in his 
mind. Fatigue remains in the ash.

Sugar syrup flows through his veins
and rusts his internal engines.


His doctor’s stethoscope listens 
money-beats. Pharmacy sells him 
new complications. Insulin leads 
him to the blind alley.

He sloshes in the sludge of life, 
reaching nowhere.


Sanoj’s a writer - his rating is high 
in a glucose meter. Sooner or later
he will be awarded with 
the silence of a coma.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2015




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