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People Trapped In Marble

Jul 2013
Chennai

Proof that an indivisible portion of time exists,
Frozen in that time, unchanging,
Morphed into the metamorphic rock, forever,
Hacked, packed, moved,
masoned into walls of a ritualistic enclosure

I can drink on them for hours,
Look into their eyes,
Isolated, purified, distilled to 175° proof,
One expression, one thought, one pain,
...maybe that is why I can see them

Or maybe I just spend too much time in that room

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On This Day

Unmoving, sweltering, its evening falls,
Unrolling slowly a knotty unbleached cotton pall,
Turns unceremoniously and exits - 
      the day ending eight years,
Eliott's[1] sends a breeze, a silent scene ends call.


[1] Eliott’'s beach

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Ocean At Night

Besant Nagar, Chennai
c. March 2012

The sand tries to slow me down,
Running away from below my feet, planting slips.
The ocean threatens me, simmering with anger,
Frothing at mouth, I can drown ships!

The wind is going its own way,
Throwing water and sand, carefree
The sky! It welcomes me with open arms,
I own you it says, and you own me!

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I Ask You, Sir

Apr 2012
Chennai

I ask you, sir!
Of late, inanimate
Toothless, tethered
Can’t jump turnstiles

     "Agree, align"
     "Ask, but smile"
Mute, asinine

     "Uncalled, unnice"
     "Pushy, out-of-style"
You know, I’m fine

      "A wish, undone"
      "Exit, condone"
      "Look back, smile"

      "Unearth, sift"
      "Write," but why?
Unbonded, servile

Alive, a life
…Sad, demise

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Solitude

Jul 2013
Chennai

I walk up to the beach, in the darkness of clouds and rain,
I see a lot of people; I avoid looking at anyone so much
that even I notice it.

So I meet the gaze of the next person passing by,
It felt like they were staring at me,
Oh! A colleague from work place, whom I only know by face;
Hi, smile, walk across
They remain, a colleague from work place, whom I only know by face.

I walk up to the beach, in the darkness of cloud and rain,
I see a lot of people; I avoid looking in anyone’'s eyes so much
that even I notice it.

So I meet the gaze of the next person passing by,
They had red eyes,
A pose that screamed - move or say anything and I will run away,
As my gaze interrupted their scrounging of the garbage bin,
for plastic bottles, half eaten KFC burgers, shoes, clothes?

I see a lot of people; I avoid looking at anyone
Even if I notice it.

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My Desktop

Aug 2012
Chennai

From freshly showered wet,
to uncontrollable mess,
I need a hair tying thing

From oh such a jolly morning,
to what have I become,
Where have I come,

You keep staring at me



Under the silk bandana
above the red muffler
Soft pink lips, glowing skin

With that faint sad smile
the lack of sparkle in your eyes
Tired of me, still tied

You keep staring at me




Across the distance
From West Coast USA
to East Coast India

Across the time
Good to worse
Then to now

You keep staring at me


And I can barely meet your eyes

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Fog Inside Quilt

Fog Inside Quilt
Sep 2011
Claremont

I make a cup of hot chocolate
A snack of cheese tomatoes and onions on a toast
Press play on the Beltek DVD player, the only one
that will play without asking to change the region code
Remote control does not work,
Adjust the projector, the screen
And run to my designated place in the quilt,
Into the system of covering well
And snuggle against

no one.
And watch 

nothing.

the snack 
was never made since.

the hot chocolate mix 
never bought since.

I cover myself clumsily in another quilt
     Keep the world out
And into the fog where all is 
still well.

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Wall

Jan 2013
Chennai

I don'’t make sudden moves at nights
You lay next to me,
One of your arms over my back
I don'’t want to wake you up in a start_
     She hates it


     The wall should not be here, so close to me


I don’'t pull at the sheets if it uncovers me
You do that often,
     She will say the same of me
I cover your shape when I wake up
Curled-up like a baby


     But the wall should not be here, near my face


I sleep on the far side from the wall
     She likes to be inside,
     Between the wall and me.

     I face away from the wall slowly.

     You are here when I sleep.