A lab produces
anxieties on
large scale. A
doctor’s eyes
strand on the
cholesterol
while sailing
down the lab
report. But his
words remain
unabsorbed
on her brain’s
surface. Her
mind is a dead
zone of little
learning, where
cholesterol
doesn’t grow.
The doctor
forbids*biriani,
ghee-rice, fried
beef, mutton
chops… A
deadpan smile
spreads on her
wizened lips.
Each forbidden
food has been
beyond her
penury since
times immemorial.
*biriani – a South Asian dish.
First printed in The Literary Hatchet (issue # 16)
Categories:
unabsorbed, inspirational,
Form: Free verse
The babble of youth
grouped in gaggles like pecking geese
pricked by the silence of the unabsorbed,
garbed in the flesh or cloth too large
or too small for their burgeoning minds.
Gangly limbs akimbo
intent, inward…looking outward
flung like a sling-shot’s stone… forward
brimming with all too human DNA.
Stilled… a pensive brooding deepens
bonds of childish chatter break as Mother Goose clucks.
Heads are stabilized by, held up by white-knuckled fists,
free-hands continually rove the groomed while grooming
furrowed brows knit scattered kernels of thought.
The soft-shelled few gaze glazed, dazed
contemplate the ground unfulfilled
ponds of thought mine the mirrored depth
the hooded eyes of the limb-crossed
capping a fountain of chi…
Categories:
unabsorbed, childhood, confusion, girlfriend-boyfriend, introspection,
Form: Free verse
Crystal Ocean above
Swirling, dancing
Blanketing the world eternally
Submersed in the heavenly broth
Always giving, always taking away
Existence forever praising
Singing, delivering
Persistent eruptions of hope
Pouring itself into young hearts
Forlorn, longing
No longer desolate
Deserted, abhorred
New life turning over
Scouring ‘way bleakness
Trepidation, apprehension
Life restored,
Adored, unabsorbed
Listlessness Banished away
Buried high within
The Crystal Ocean above
Categories:
unabsorbed, inspirational, peace, philosophy, visionary,
Form: Free verse