— we one leg in the gutter by the bar
we poets all, we who do not war —
We who early morning drink in thimbles which slake like little lakes
Water our wounds and savour the ebbing of incessant shakes.
We relish the moment of this agony, the reliving of many pains
And celebrate the separation, the distance between you and I.
We who wait for shards of light seeping through the eyes of night
See — remains of one heart pulsating through the year’s stubble
And lame lovers dance to broken strings, whirl, turn and stumble.
Look — bottlemen with nothings battle through absent mornings.
We who do not war, poets all, night bereft in full blood dawn
Feast drink on little loves which matter little now
Envisioning other days, of white-washed second skies
Remembering furtive meetings and the promise of it
(her walk when she walked was somewhat hurried
her eyes her eyes had those touches of worry
she was my shadow, I was her shadow
together together like eye-black on eye)
Then the desolation of evenings, broken halfs of it
Mute with bleak yellow lights from failing lamps
Yellow lights which like futile brakes on this city’s nights
Ease into the early morning and we heart-afflicted watch it die.
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Sigh! Yeah, let's drink to celebrate the separation, the distance between you and I.
You drink, I will cheer
u like playing a cheerleader?
yes, u gotta problem with that?? we can reverse roles
but i dont have a pair of nice colorful pompoms!
no problemo at all. i can lend you mine. colour's pink. that suit you. i am not parting with the yellow ones
but i have this cute lil pink n yellow box-pleated skirt that i intend to wear... dont u think u shud lend me one of ur yellow ones to make it look a perfect match???
*fluttering eyelashes, cute smile saying phuleeeeeees*
okay. come and collect it. but i want it back
ok so where r is this drink n cheer thing happening???
ballard estate, mumbai. my office. after everyone's left. on second thoughts, i will invite my boss too. might get some entertainment allowance in next appraisal.
u ok with the programme or should we shift it to Marine Drive and invite the tv channels..
hmm... the high on bloodymary-mixed-with-beer J doing a number wearing a pink n yellow skirt sounds good enuf to attact enud camera. But i'm camera shy. Well, to tell u the truth, I'm actually unphotogenic. And i hate to look bad anytime, anyday. (I take off when i have a bad hair day u c)
So maybe we shud shift the venue to palace grounds in bangalore.
okay, palace grounds it is. in bangalore. bangalore palace grounds, it is.
but since you will be wearing my pom poms may i humbly request you to arrange for the plane fare (no low-cost carriers please), accommodation and of course the superlative lunches and dinners which you insist that i just must have in your city and for which you insist on paying. sorry to sound so cheap but poverty has made me cheap
also, i have relatives and friends in Bangalore of course but since they are relatives and friends, dont think anyone will want me near them. so you will have to take me to your office too since you just cant allow me to be lonely in your city and that because you have my pom poms
And that's precisely why i changed the location.
Hmm... and me being the cheapo that i am, let's see what will turn out to be cheaper shall we?
oh btw, i'm on a diet starting today... so i wont probably be eating as much as u do.
And if u have a nice, rich n hot male friend, he's be more than happy to take me out all day, so that takes care of the office n gettin bored part too.
SO..........
was that a yes or a no?
maybe a yes... if u promise to get drunk and do a lil strip dance for the public
done. that way we could recover some of the money you are going to spend on me. maybe we could even print tickets. o, you have opened up so many possibilities. o o o...er..would you care to join in the troupe...we need the money now, dont we
super cool.
now we have a lota planning to do.
i dont intend hiring an event mgmt agency n wasting money, unless of course the guy i know does everything for free. Hmm... well... actually i cud make him do that too.
deal.
i will get my birthday suit all ironed out. dont worry, i will take care of the PR and media. enormous numbers there who want to see me strip.
boy, we are going to be the greatest team since...since...i dont know.. i have never heard of any famous stripper-duo or single ones except for Demi Moore.
but, i can see the dollars floating in. boy, we are going to make it, J. we are going to make it real big. bollywood hollywood, tollywood, zollywood, jolly good, i can see stars, thousands of them, all nude
tra la la tra la la
i am going to be rich.
tra la la tra la la
i am going to be a rich stripper
tra la la la tra
you are going to be rich
tra la la tra la la
you are going to be a rich stripper
tra la la tra la la
we are going to be rich
(everybody)
we are going to be rich strippers
we are going to be rich strippers
we are going to be rich strippers
and that the that of that
drunk cheerleading poets.
i am calling both your mommies!!!!
they will help you out with those pompom things.
donsh callsh mommysh pleash hic hicsh
nooooooooooooooooooo!!!
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