Best Insensitivity Poems

a collaborative work with Alfred Vassalo


The Stars sparkled in her eyes
As light interlaced with her shadow
Causing her to question her senses
Even though she closed her...

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"living in a man-made island,
with blinded eyes, and unfeeling heart" (Quote By Poet)


What do we know about poverty,
What do we understand about suffering…
It’s a miracle...

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….And no one spoke…

protecting all about them from
the perception of impropriety,
insensitivity, misunderstanding

…and no one looked…

shielding their eyes lest their gaze
be taken as an affront to...

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Sniper hid vapors
tend to always bullet strike
with stealth air carrier accuracy

Silent noxious assault
pierced the nostrils
with oxy painful inhalation,
of the non-ventilated third degree 

Deadly gaseous arrows
hit...

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Exhaustion drips its weary head
Shrouding me with desolate apparel
A forlorn wardrobe of melancholy blues
Colors of emotional peril.

Indifference holds my body still
Unconcerned with the cold
Distant journeys...

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I don’t answer

Intensely personal questions people ask
For these shreds to pieces what is truly me
The pieces are of no use to them though.
The effort seems...

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Rising from the mightiness of my mind's eye,
Diving through the everglade of my endless thoughts,
Dancing to the tunes of my triumph stories,
She came, My love!,...

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Translation of Mahakavi Bharathiyar’s poem: “Asai Mugam” or “Beloved Face”
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Her pain was unbearable* 
Desperation overwhelmed her being
She amassed as much courage as she could and 
Fervently prayed 

She supplicated the divine for strength for...

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  E-FMCG 

Insensitivity, derogation, defamation, humiliation,
Libel, slander, stigmatisation.
These Fast Moving Consumer Goods,
I’d like to term E-FMCG. Caution!
…
The Media and internet want sensational news.
Reality shows...

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I catch a fleeting glimpse of her room from the hall,
my back slams lightly against the wall,
slumping listlessly, my anger out of control.
As she lies...

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CIPA or Congenital Insensitivity to Pain with Anhidrosis
is a genetic disorder very rarely found among us.
They afflicted with this disorder have a damaged gene
and as...

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There have been at least two people in our church  who have committed suicide. A gentleman; a lady; both of whom were more acquaintances...

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Empathy helps me write poetry,
a collection of smiles, tears, and rage.
A poet's words can oft forge the keys
that free fragile feelings from their cage.

When probing...

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No one will admit it but
Everybody does it
Some incessantly
Other occasionally
It is inherent in humanity 

Contagious opining
Contagious hypocrisy
Contagious bellicosity
Contagious idiocy

We all feel it

Contagious drudgery
Contagious fear
Contagious indifference
Contagious...

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