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and member the same stringsof sweet pain again and againby moving my hand over the woundsin 2002 they inflicted uponthen I come to them and askif I could wail at the grave of my girl friendwhom they cut through her bellyand throw over the oven of a bakeryno, they said as if it would create…

Is not meant for you but out of a treeLong; long ago I planted deep insideFor the cause of falling from highAnd my inability to climb, till date, a cliffThe pungent smell of my behaviourThe pinching quality in my attitudeI spray around is not the return how you treatBut for the cause of my inability…

The heart and mind rebelledThe tongue lashed me outThe eyes went out of my controlThough I did my things, covertly, along with themAs they were very close to meAnd the most trusted friends of mine,They did get the pleasure in full,But one by one they left me in the lurchNow my soul stood alone.

And beauty is not found at surfaceIt is hidden underLayers upon layersAnd without the help of metaphors it cannot be revealedIt is not my notion but of the great Greek philosopher Aristotle.So a poem without metaphorIs a sky without its blueOr a piece of cloud without its essence, the rainIf rhyme and meter are the…

Ends in a kissContraction of lungAnd enlargement of mothResults in laughkeep laughing and kissing…kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss kisskiss kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss…

And created a wave of tricky trapA frog jumped up thinking thatIt might be a new hope, a new lifeBut from nowhere a crane swooped downAnd swallowed it aliveThe pond could not punish the culpritsSo begged pardon with folded hands.