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When it starts to drip
Orange
The everymorning sun
Won’t you be reminded
It was an almostwinter
Sunset
When we had begun.

I looked for myself
In rhythm and rhyme
In books with aged paper
In words sublime
I looked for myself
In mother’s smiles
In father’s convictions
In fractured reflections
I looked for myself
In your lines
Walked into your songs
Settled in the melodies you defined
I had dreamt for myself
A life inside that memory
It dissolved in mind or I
Outgrew the folds of time
I had dreamt for [...]

The crimson light
Of the orange tree
Through the window
Where we used to meet.
A crack in the wall
Hid with a painting of ours
The vase that always fell
Leftover rain in the backyard.
A typewriter
Two cups of tea
Biscuits and syllables
Preferably both sweet.
This was a home
That really is gone
She picked up what was left
And walked on.

Two words he had said
one after the other
sweet syllables, covered in confection
Marvelous mystification, drenched disorder
Do I, too, drink
out of this fairytale concoction?
He tells me life is beautiful
(modesty be damned) I think it’s because of me
Crystal vase finds employment
flowers, chocolates and tea
A bite out of humble pie
so I don’t lose myself
too late, I’m in over my [...]

I secretly believe
In cheese lie the answers of life
Of love, of desire, of happiness
Of satisfaction, of fun, of cheerfulness
In short
All the answers of life
How easy it would have been for Dorothy
If the munchkins had sung out
In unison
“Follow the yellow cheese road”
As the answers lie
In the folds of deliciousness
In the miracle of fermentation
In the odour of [...]

Under the purple moon
Of nineteen something and two
Silver twilight grew
Midst a rapturous milieu
The song was ripe
A pleasant guise
They had to fall in love
Memory though infinitesimal
Made itself a place
To linger, stretch and stay
Fate as it may, shaped ways
A timely confession
Her smile
They had to fall
One turn, far away
Will he return?
They don’t want to say
Discarded memory, untimely withdrawal
Unsay [...]

They all live in a crimson brick apartment. One with the camel coloured carpet. Its stains speak of mistakes made and lessons derived. Lives have treaded on it, lives have been fostered on it: it has witnessed all. There are four rooms one at each corner. They are occupied with a world more than a [...]

Maria is desperately trying to keep her fish alive. Earlier Nicole had always been a vivacious fish but for six months now she has been showing signs of indifference from life. Maria has not been giving this any serious thought until today. At present, this very fact is making her nervous. Maria refuses to end [...]

The sunny-side up
Taking shape as oil sinks in
A fried egg slowly swims.
Drowning in fluorescent orange
Then floating a little
Sun-dipped world, my ball chair.
Filling every crevice
Music spills on everything
As the Lizard King slowly sings.
Stained with carbon monoxide and ink
Fingers wait to be inspired
Smoke rings fall on paper pins.
Sea of books is my floor
Graffiti crawls from door to [...]