SQUIRREL

Examination hall
Question paper
Forbidding silence
Moving master..
Through the window
he looks at the mischief
of the squirrel on the twig - it looks
at him mockingly & nods its head & tail
The master, with additional sheets
some twine to fasten
the answer sheets-
the main book with the supplementaries..
Paper and the squirrel
the master walks here and there
and away at last..
he is now, though
not what he needs.

SOUNDS & WORDS

Sounds impossible of words
Between

you and me
They,

intertwining both of us
together,
making a bond,

we....
tongues
like two worms coiled around

each other,
breathless
breathless,
separate

and

ask,

"what?"...
break the bond
and

broke unknown...

THE MIRROR

I look at it many times, day and night too,
after a shower, to have a shave, to comb,
brush, apply aftershave, have some powder...
sometimes simply to look, twisting muscles
turn the lips to odd shapes, catch yourself
doing strange things to your face
like you show a ghost to the child
showing you teeth like to your dentist
sometimes wishing to see a different face
Keep it in all positions to see your back
And all that you can't see..
Alone you talk to it..
But, there comes a stage when
you don't talk- but it talks to you
And you talk in reply..
like you talked to your dolls as a child..
The child outgrows the dolls
But you don't..
Come to think of it, really do they?
And really don't you?