Short Unpronounceable Poems

His is an unpronounceable name
Who at times basks in soup's fleeting fame
'Lion of the world' his name means
Nothing like that in his genes
To love all is JAGATHSIMHAN's aim




for  PD's  "Slick Limerick"contest
S.Jagathsimhan Nair,  21 sept  11

For SKAT's on 20 May 13

For Regina Riddle's contest....

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I watched you walk into the company cafeteria, staring at the ready made food under plastic

Selecting something green and healthy, the choice of a fluffy long eared herbivore

And cradling a glass of grey brown juice squeezed from a plant unpronounceable, shredded elastic

And then choosing a solo table, kicking off your shoes, pressing bare feet onto polished concrete floor....

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Tell me how the echo of your emotions extinguished my cares about you,
or how your smiles, cries, worries are not mine anymore.
Tell me why the brightness of your eyes 
do not brighten up my world as it used to. 
Tell me how there is an empty space in my heart
which is waiting to be filled again
when did it happen?

It feels good but it tastes bad,
I can't pronounce what I shouldn't say
but I do not care anymore.
the magic is gone....

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