Mudra

The Antlers
uneven fingers
spread
beseech

Experiments in the lab of a surrealist

I kneel on the road
to greet a baby
and her purple animated
stuffed antelope with
caribbean hairdo.

I hope the
white truck and
its driver
take whats
left of the road.


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Peeling unwieldy
layers - hard to
separate puff
pastry sheets-
from soap

Audit Earth

One morning the
post-it pad with
a curlicue P
on the white fridge
said " Audit Moon"

Lying on the floor
I caught a bit of
it at the edge
of the top of the window:
It sure is shy.

A visitor could
find the faults
on Earth
not one speck
but many Earthians.

More than four directions

It takes a breezy morning
after months of taking the
same road east
to slowly reveal some
more mountains

In the city of mountains
in every direction
each road
is a new direction.

On the ground

Flashing lights and a squeaky long alarm
Respite only when you hear
The cause for this alarm is being investigated

This continues.

The plane was delayed
maybe to not miss this show.

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An obnoxious sound from the intercomm
the distress of many can
be saved by one's
largesse of holding down a button.

Eustachian tubes

A child bawls
when the plane
is about to descend

I know his name
Raghav
called out to
stop him each time
he would run out of
sight

My pride in my
Eustachian tubes
took a blow
when skydiving
I thought
I would die

Fawns

are born without odor
says Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

Not odorless like
Aveeno's fragrance free
daily moisturising lotion
which has a medicinal odor.

Pure water has no taste.

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The Hidden Life of Deer.

In the wild

an animal
is safe
lonely