Short Upstaging Poems

Death by rains.
No exclamation 
was needed.

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O, moon;- 
I will join you soon,
hotted up by sun.

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Parenthesis.
I am reading again
my lost poem.


Satish Verma...

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I solve crimes daily
From a brown Lazy-Girl-Recliner
Upstaging seasoned professionals
Solving cases that confuse and confound assigned detectives.

My husband is in awe,
singing my praises,
expressing his admiration for my abilities.
Not realizing how many times I have seen each episode....

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Throwing the wreath 
across the river
after the canal rapture ?
Does it look eerie ?
Yes it was spine-chilling
to see. The band went on
to play:
‘nearer to island’.

There was a pause.
Then a question.
The black space was done for.
The hatching. A plot ?
Upstaging a snowstorm
falling in someone’s lap
with white roses.

In cracked dry mud
an unclenched fist
deconstructs a map.


Satish Verma...

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Streamers in the sky, 
etched deeply as they contrast 
against the pale blue, 
breaking up the monochromatic 
ceiling with its white streaks, 
a criss-crossing interception 
trying to erase each other from above, 
a temporary display which lasts for 
a few hours until determined clouds 
decide to camouflage the unwelcome 
intrusion by upstaging with their 
slow-motion dance of drifting cotton balls.



March 5, 2017...

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Who Are They Trying to Impress?

A cross between the bride of Frankenstein
And the Dalmatians’ Cruella De Ville
See teens walking at malls; glad they’re not mine
Absurd appearances give me a chill

Parents with tattoos ride on a Harley
Leather coats and gloves cut off at knuckles
Sprung from these roots that appear so gnarly
Teens upstaging their folks give me chuckles


Written for John Freeman's Boisterous Comedy Contest...

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