Blood Lyric

This poem envisages Poetry as a contributor to pain and suffering

Blood Lyric

Abontika, my house was invaded midnight  in search of you

Not like her not like him nor like them

Comparable not to this not to that not to it

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What have I done for poetry plunging into  lava-spewing volcano  ?

What are these ? What are these ? Result of searches at home

of Poetry ? Bromide sepia babies from Dad’s broken almirah

of Poetry ! Mom’s Benares sari torn out of hammered box

of Poetry ! Breaths are recorded in the seizure list

of Poetry ! Show me show me what else is coming out

of Poetry ! Shame on you; girl’s half-licked guy ! Die you die

of Poetry ! Wave piercing sharks chew up flesh & bone

of Poetry ! AB negative sun from small intestine knots

of Poetry ! Asphyxiated speed stored in impatient footprints

of Poetry ! Delicate tart-glow in piss  flooded jail

of Poetry ! Mustard flower pollen on prickly feet of bumblebee

of Poetry ! Hungry farmer in dirty loincloth on salty dry land

of Poetry ! Rotten blood on feathers of corpse eating vultures

of Poetry ! Sultry century in faded humid spiteful crowd

of Poetry ! Black death shrieks of intelligence in guillotine

of Poetry ! You die you die you die why didn’t you die

of Poetry ! Fire in your mouth fire in your mouth fire

of Poetry ! You die you die you die you die you die

of Poetry ! Not like her not like him nor like them

of Poetry ! Comparable not to this not to that not to it

of Poetry ! Abontika, they came in search of you, why didn’t take you along !!

( Translation of Blood Lyric )

Mumbai 2011

Nail Cutting and Love