this blog

Do a tap-dance
while on your beat
or slither through,
scanning.
Or knock, register, stand in queues
come in peace.
To know what's on
to catch a whiff
of shells of grey
no pearls in the sea
no oyster
no ostrich
no proclaimer
no-one
just me!
Monologues, these clauses
No questions, no answers
just what's plausible.
For the
curious, spurious
or simply
close.

'ships Sail In

exquisite craft
the house, the bench, the rags
the treasury
skilled mix
of sequins, skeins
jute.

Stalls.

others snack
or skimmed milk
for the Constitution.

Layers of silk- stoles and cats
Forum plays
out of the bag

litigate to mitigate
and be tangled by wigs
mangled by the cement hammer
be the spammer on the street

While away at dilli haat
'gainst backdrops
pages turn
with them, the nations doors
swing to the tunes
of the malady
the unaccountable wing

smell the coffee

instant causes
cafe air
smooth
beans from plantations
talk
evoke, shake and stir
crushed hope, despair
frothy, foaming
sweet dreams and a straw
a muffin a huff and a puff of smoke
convinced
of messiahdom

and what a mess
there is to mop
when shutters roll
to close down shop
espresso concoctions, spring chicken filters
miss years and seasons
of strong decoction
fermented, decanted, distilled
invented
for days of wakefullness
the order of the day

in concert

fusion
bites
the air
transfusions
of
sound
moss-covered
limbs
auras
shield from wings
that drone
tune in
to peninsular sounds
oceans, bays
wash turtles, knights
music pre-empts coils of smoke
jangles through
the changing clime
dengue-filled
the Ocean rises
beats of hearts and beats of drums
nations watch
and platelettes plunge

rally at the mantlepiece

Boost
the energy:
Cigarettes out
tapers drawn
Strike
matches
Marshal
the forces
Unmist
the fog
Attention!
Squads
of bees
and weaverbirds
of ants
and sweets
and installation
art.
Forces
meet
For what is cricket

detour

enthralling beams, trendy greens
- flickers
of lit-up woods.
grappled with a dappled light
-showcased
someone's cause.
Time was.
Awoke from the slumber
with thoughts that outnumber
the millions who stir through the hills.
Waded, persuaded. Repeated, defeated
then found new armies to wage with.
Who's who, who's where
who's in who's out
- points of conjecture
points of doubt.
Towering over the teeming wits
past fields that grow
and land that slips
A vantage point
that sees it all
Frame-to-frame
and mall for mall.
Free to swoop and free to weep
-closer to the goal we creep.

mazes

Deep trenches
-intrigue underground.
gnarled tracks: uneven, dark
slippery, treacherous
routes hang loose.
Point of distress-
match and game
come hurtling back
deflected aim.
Cracks open, arches close
resounding ecoes
alter, falter
Bytes hit dust.
Sound asleep
-hibernate
or let the tunnel
be the funnel
to the ground.

Babblers et all

Spouters
of frills.
words, ways
-arrays of syntax.
to
juggle or not.
invincible wheels
of the dialect.
no spokes.
Then,
Summoners
of jargon.
here, acronyms
-they overtake synonyms.
Decipherable or not
the perspective's lost.
Or pin-point; to-the-point
-appointed, not annointed....
Rose from prose to rows of woes
- from snatcher of fire to catcher of ire....
Stand by or follow, more words are hollow.
Gales or scents or tunes that drift
hold as much sense as words that shift.

assortments

assortments: of people, cookies, rings n things.
packaged.
pre-cooked, pre-pared, pre-meditated.
cut, sliced, spliced
-the set fare.
swept up clutter: no flaw, no flair, no flutter.
deftly chosen, gently yoked
puppets and pawns
-incessant yawns.
assortments: of chance.
magnets, winds, undercurrents
jumbled thoughts, forget-me-nots
the push and the pull of the high tide.
a snatch, a patch, a drop of dew
a trace of the earth
and the atlas flew