Short Chapati Poems

sea’s chapati board
                                nature's unseen roller rolls
                                   wave touches shore 




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a person can say "hi " 
she feels ," shy " 
don't ask " why " 
may be she drinks red chayi.
you wish to see her with a cup of black chayi 
and some special chapati. 
don't think you see her copy 
because she is  always shy 
In front of a handsome guy
who wants to fly. 
Just smile
and make 
Good move
In life. 

October 02/ 2023

Note: Chayi means tea
           Chapati means roti....

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Pan: Betel. Or quintessentially creole, made anew, pan-American music
Aloo: also Native American, the staff of life, versatile with curry
Naan: often translated roti, chapati, dhaalpuri, but not rotisserie
Dholak: the drums that doubled (not Doubles) as tassa, for Hosay
I : I, too, know bitter sugar, the syrupy blood of plantations
Tasted: Tasted the brotherhood of the boat, in another middle passage
Appointments: with pen. She is a better pendit than Claude McKay, CLR, VS ......

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