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

Paper cycle

One evening
I waited for a tricycle
one that would hide
if my dad couldnt bring it

why do we stop at that?
Why not ask for a
plane
boat
palace

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If you are teaching how to make a paper boat, learn how to make a T shirt out of it along with the story.

Kafka's feast

A woman is
adding red to the
pepperoni pizza

Grease kills appetite.

Chop stick at Benihana

It cannot be
grain by grain
as my colleague suggests
Chop Stick joined at the top
gets you eating before
you can greet them:
"How to eat with this?"

An Ad

in British accent
for USA audience
If I were the announcer
I would doubt every bit
of what if I spoke right

And then

When the floods take us
let us get comfortable
living in water
with no posessions

If I were a hummingbird

I could not say no to
the white bubbles
in the red fluid
in the rose petal

Hijacked words

A pedestrian walking
with green lights
for the cars
A set of big birds
flying over the road
duck!!