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Balachandran Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10174364716507089780noreply@blogger.comBlogger413125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-541988681105767002.post-36567809307258994112022-07-07T09:23:00.002+05:302024-01-22T08:25:51.188+05:30Narcissus <p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><div dir="auto"><div class="ecm0bbzt hv4rvrfc ihqw7lf3 dati1w0a" data-ad-comet-preview="message" data-ad-preview="message" id="jsc_c_eo"><div class="j83agx80 cbu4d94t ew0dbk1b irj2b8pg"><div class="qzhwtbm6 knvmm38d"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguudT9y89Jwtfc9iq7tBSmpVgdJOq0Ok-ZYHgdAye6-678dUlIZeWZ8w-33zfKgvylZP5ud9S424L7a9uYYFyQWv0aECJbolNvX_n0Z43NZEuZXKDLurgKyzZlwUiASE9HsGx9M-6RzhPFJgLJUNcSwt34Xu__7aOR4q8dAAofJ6-L1pyiZCGHdSw5Qw/s480/narcissus_cont.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="355" data-original-width="480" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguudT9y89Jwtfc9iq7tBSmpVgdJOq0Ok-ZYHgdAye6-678dUlIZeWZ8w-33zfKgvylZP5ud9S424L7a9uYYFyQWv0aECJbolNvX_n0Z43NZEuZXKDLurgKyzZlwUiASE9HsGx9M-6RzhPFJgLJUNcSwt34Xu__7aOR4q8dAAofJ6-L1pyiZCGHdSw5Qw/s320/narcissus_cont.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br /></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Eyes closed, I lie on my back</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Following their arms mentally</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">As the masseurs run their fingers</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Pressing, squeezing, rubbing in </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">The warm oil all over me.</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">From the sole of my feet, up</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Through the ankles, calves, knees</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">And thighs, passing deftly</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">My privates and up to the torso</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">My hairy, broad chest, shoulders</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">And the nape of my neck. </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">The loincloth barely leaves me clothed.</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">As the masseur's fingers and then the pouch</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Filled with medicinal leaves soaked in starchy fluid</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Spread warmth all over me,</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">I wonder if I might get an erection; </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">I don't. </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Turning me over, the warm oil and then </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">the slimy starch draw gluey patterns on my back. </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">My buttocks, rather big, </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Now smooth, soft, rounded like melons. </div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">The masseur squeezes that lump,</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">The inflammation still hot on my hips;</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">I squirm and groan, in pain and pleasure. </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Eyes closed, I lie on the wooden plank</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Like a slab of meat, fresh from the butcher. </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Eyes closed, I imagine myself</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Watching me from above. </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">This hunk of flesh that is me </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">That has been me, that'll me</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">For so many years! </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">We have been together ever since</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">The day I was born! </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">I love it; with all its shortcomings.</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">I adore my penis, how so well I know him! </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Every strand of hair, every scar, every wrinkle -</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">This living, breathing being that is me! </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">There is nothing hidden, no secrets between us;</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">We took pleasure, pain we suffered together - </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">That is me, this me, together till the last breath! </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">I look at myself with great kindness...</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">***** <span><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl gpro0wi8 q66pz984 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/bala.chandran.1481?__cft__[0]=AZXXXfXrUv6INvsUJPT6s7xlKRStQpeJVUdT8lDjtOTwecivf7FvEc11VOBulegmo1KAh--pH53Uao9OiiHRhUEFnqr0DwJ57zbrBJvISmTmtQMiaRcz-xs0yqCsLsgyvCEly19ENucp1Nv1cgtNhH-bF6pz5-Ydasf7yokO24-l6w&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" tabindex="0"><span class="nc684nl6"><span>Bala Chandran V</span></span></a></span>. Trivandrum. 07/07/2020</div></div></span></span></div></div></div></div>Balachandran Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10174364716507089780noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-541988681105767002.post-32313748643539134142022-04-30T09:27:00.001+05:302022-04-30T09:27:49.478+05:30Mera Jasmine<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEWqut0gzkeqsGpnJFZP4JmTuow4fodqexiYmTY8r9wg0pPOnUFCgm8npU5YKetYZU43turwDyCRnxwdvs4lfUROH9n7JfCLCVMS4zppLPQXEv8fXn7Ohz4yrA2F98imIpo4auAWg5oeuFSDexe_jLERfWeFn13AnUe4NyhZbL3M1dakL36zhO9hC6Yw/s640/flower.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="523" data-original-width="640" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEWqut0gzkeqsGpnJFZP4JmTuow4fodqexiYmTY8r9wg0pPOnUFCgm8npU5YKetYZU43turwDyCRnxwdvs4lfUROH9n7JfCLCVMS4zppLPQXEv8fXn7Ohz4yrA2F98imIpo4auAWg5oeuFSDexe_jLERfWeFn13AnUe4NyhZbL3M1dakL36zhO9hC6Yw/s320/flower.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <p></p><div class="" dir="auto"><div class="ecm0bbzt hv4rvrfc ihqw7lf3 dati1w0a" data-ad-comet-preview="message" data-ad-preview="message" id="jsc_c_dr"><div class="j83agx80 cbu4d94t ew0dbk1b irj2b8pg"><div class="qzhwtbm6 knvmm38d"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br /></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> <span style="font-size: large;">I love it the way the flower buds lean.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;">Like young children leaning out of the window</span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;">Of a passing bus. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;">I love it the way the flower buds glow in the light </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;">Like virginal pubescent girls, eager to bloom,</span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;">Eager to love and be loved.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;">I love it, the sensuously soft petals</span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;">So smooth and tender to touch</span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;">Like the arm of one I no longer remember. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;">All that remains, is her fragrance -</span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;">Long after the bloom and the withering</span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;">All that would remain is the fragrance </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;">Of that flower in my memory. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /> </span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;">***** Balachandran, Trivandrum, 30.04.2020</span></div></div></span></div></div></div></div>Balachandran Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10174364716507089780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-541988681105767002.post-48596190315232255312022-02-06T11:31:00.003+05:302022-04-30T09:29:10.819+05:30Spider in the Toilet<p> </p><div data-block="true" data-editor="bf4nr" data-offset-key="cnak0-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="cnak0-0-0"><span style="font-size: large;"><span data-offset-key="cnak0-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="bf4nr" data-offset-key="4mjqg-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="4mjqg-0-0"><span style="font-size: large;"><span data-offset-key="4mjqg-0-0"><span data-text="true">In the claustrophobic cubicle </span></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="bf4nr" data-offset-key="av134-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="av134-0-0"><span style="font-size: large;"><span data-offset-key="av134-0-0"><span data-text="true">(the reason none other dare use it) </span></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="bf4nr" data-offset-key="fr1uf-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="fr1uf-0-0"><span style="font-size: large;"><span data-offset-key="fr1uf-0-0"><span data-text="true">That is my exclusive toilet,</span></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="bf4nr" data-offset-key="30q8v-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="30q8v-0-0"><span style="font-size: large;"><span data-offset-key="30q8v-0-0"><span data-text="true">At the stroke of midnight</span></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="bf4nr" data-offset-key="3mn00-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="3mn00-0-0"><span style="font-size: large;"><span data-offset-key="3mn00-0-0"><span data-text="true">We engage in a silent conversation. </span></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="bf4nr" data-offset-key="2ke9s-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="2ke9s-0-0"><span style="font-size: large;"><span data-offset-key="2ke9s-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="bf4nr" data-offset-key="2r616-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="2r616-0-0"><span style="font-size: large;"><span data-offset-key="2r616-0-0"><span data-text="true">I sit on the seat, hardly a foot away from her.</span></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="bf4nr" data-offset-key="7oc6r-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="7oc6r-0-0"><span style="font-size: large;"><span data-offset-key="7oc6r-0-0"><span data-text="true">Twisting myself awkwardly, I strain to focus.</span></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="bf4nr" data-offset-key="166ck-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="166ck-0-0"><span style="font-size: large;"><span data-offset-key="166ck-0-0"><span data-text="true">in the dim light, her eyes twinkle </span></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="bf4nr" data-offset-key="dhkjn-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="dhkjn-0-0"><span style="font-size: large;"><span data-offset-key="dhkjn-0-0"><span data-text="true">As the light of the headlamp lights her up. </span></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="bf4nr" data-offset-key="63bp-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="63bp-0-0"><span style="font-size: large;"><span data-offset-key="63bp-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="bf4nr" data-offset-key="3i96p-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="3i96p-0-0"><span style="font-size: large;"><span data-offset-key="3i96p-0-0"><span data-text="true">I have known her ( or her ancestors) for long. </span></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="bf4nr" data-offset-key="1m3pv-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="1m3pv-0-0"><span style="font-size: large;"><span data-offset-key="1m3pv-0-0"><span data-text="true">Very polite, seemingly embarrassed </span></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="bf4nr" data-offset-key="fdj46-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="fdj46-0-0"><span style="font-size: large;"><span data-offset-key="fdj46-0-0"><span data-text="true">Having to witness my nocturnal </span></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="bf4nr" data-offset-key="egur-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="egur-0-0"><span style="font-size: large;"><span data-offset-key="egur-0-0"><span data-text="true">Passage of the bowels, she pretends</span></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="bf4nr" data-offset-key="85vol-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="85vol-0-0"><span style="font-size: large;"><span data-offset-key="85vol-0-0"><span data-text="true">To be busy with cleaning herself up. </span></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="bf4nr" data-offset-key="8d0t3-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="8d0t3-0-0"><span style="font-size: large;"><span data-offset-key="8d0t3-0-0"><span data-text="true"> </span></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="bf4nr" data-offset-key="bj41-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="bj41-0-0"><span style="font-size: large;"><span data-offset-key="bj41-0-0"><span data-text="true">Observing her through the camera</span></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="bf4nr" data-offset-key="cjvtp-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="cjvtp-0-0"><span style="font-size: large;"><span data-offset-key="cjvtp-0-0"><span data-text="true">I am reminded of the many lonely nights</span></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="bf4nr" data-offset-key="aev8u-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="aev8u-0-0"><span style="font-size: large;"><span data-offset-key="aev8u-0-0"><span data-text="true">and days in toilets</span></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="bf4nr" data-offset-key="b1aqo-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="b1aqo-0-0"><span style="font-size: large;"><span data-offset-key="b1aqo-0-0"><span data-text="true">I have spent in the company</span></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="bf4nr" data-offset-key="b3fur-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="b3fur-0-0"><span style="font-size: large;"><span data-offset-key="b3fur-0-0"><span data-text="true">of ants, spiders </span></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="bf4nr" data-offset-key="4llvm-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="4llvm-0-0"><span style="font-size: large;"><span data-offset-key="4llvm-0-0"><span data-text="true">Geckos and frogs</span></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="bf4nr" data-offset-key="6bl57-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="6bl57-0-0"><span style="font-size: large;"><span data-offset-key="6bl57-0-0"><span data-text="true">Who sit mute, still, watching me. </span></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="bf4nr" data-offset-key="bvi20-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="bvi20-0-0"><span style="font-size: large;"><span data-offset-key="bvi20-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="bf4nr" data-offset-key="6t8na-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="6t8na-0-0"><span style="font-size: large;"><span data-offset-key="6t8na-0-0"><span data-text="true">She isn't afraid of me; nor am I of her </span></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="bf4nr" data-offset-key="euheq-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="euheq-0-0"><span style="font-size: large;"><span data-offset-key="euheq-0-0"><span data-text="true">In that companionable, comfortable </span></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="bf4nr" data-offset-key="d4lbd-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="d4lbd-0-0"><span style="font-size: large;"><span data-offset-key="d4lbd-0-0"><span data-text="true">Camaraderie that I feel only with very few -</span></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="bf4nr" data-offset-key="35ona-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="35ona-0-0"><span style="font-size: large;"><span data-offset-key="35ona-0-0"><span data-text="true">Dogs, dragonflies and arachnids of different hues. </span></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="bf4nr" data-offset-key="f5ppv-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="f5ppv-0-0"><span style="font-size: large;"><span data-offset-key="f5ppv-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="bf4nr" data-offset-key="8v50r-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="8v50r-0-0"><span style="font-size: large;"><span data-offset-key="8v50r-0-0"><span data-text="true">A cubicle of a toilet is a safe place</span></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="bf4nr" data-offset-key="dq4a8-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="dq4a8-0-0"><span style="font-size: large;"><span data-offset-key="dq4a8-0-0"><span data-text="true">For friends, outcasts, to come together. </span></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="bf4nr" data-offset-key="3grl3-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="3grl3-0-0"><span style="font-size: large;"><span data-offset-key="3grl3-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" 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'Ah, but you do have wings, pretty damsel,<br />Whereas I have only legs', mused the ant.<br />'Focus! Focus on the image of wings',<br />Said the fly, poised on the tip of a leaf<br />'And then you will gain wings, and fly'.</div>
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****<br />Calocypha laidlawi aka Myristica Sapphire. Munnar, 2019</div>
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The vine danced in the wind.<br />Swinging gently, the young one thought<br />'This is life; I will soon be an adult<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><br />I will take in many lovers<br />I will have offsprings in thousands<br />This beautiful land and brook mine'.</span></div>
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*****<br />Epithemis mariae juvenile male, SVNP, 2019</div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">I am alone in my cage.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">I cannot hear anything</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">I have to get out of my cage</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">To the warmth of his love</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">The thunder breaks my heart</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">I run to my master</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">My master must be happy now</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The pain comes much later, first</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">in trickles, then in torrents</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Washing off, cleansing<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><br />Wounds, hurts, the memories<br />The thoughts of should-haves<br />and should-have-nots.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then, like a sunbeam</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The realization that everything</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In spite of all</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">There was always love; love</span><br />
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They are all there, cousins and aunts<br />
Maids and men, children and dogs.<br />
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Do, do, do do, do<br />Do look, do, into my eyes<br />Croo, Croo, Croocroo, Crukcroo, croo<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><br />Croon me to sleep, my little love!</span></div>
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Don't you hear me flapping my wings<br />Don't you see me soaring in the sky?<br />Croo, Croo, Croocroo, Crukcroo, croo<br />Croon me to sleep, my little love!</div>
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How lovely it'd be to hold you close!<span> </span><br />To caress your fluffy ball of a head<br />To rub my nose on your beaky beak!<span> </span><br />To look into your eyes and kiss them close!</div>
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Don't you see me , little Owl,<span> </span><br />Don't you feel that I am you?<span> </span><br />Croo, Croo, Croocroo, Crukcroo, croo<br />Croon me to sleep, my little love!</div>
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Balachandran Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10174364716507089780noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-541988681105767002.post-41577844520489997442018-04-02T21:53:00.003+05:302018-04-02T21:53:44.063+05:30Blue and Black<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Balachandran Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10174364716507089780noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-541988681105767002.post-8301625907210975602017-10-23T22:54:00.004+05:302017-10-23T22:54:34.687+05:30The Solitary Hunter<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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He scans the sky above,<br />The ground around,<br />Intent, intense -<br />Nothing escapes him<br />Nothing shall be allowed to escape.</div>
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To eat, to mate and procreate -<br />What else is there in this life -<br />To do?<br />So let's bicker, spit, rear up<br />And bare -<br />Our fangs and claws -<br />And when the time comes<br />Reveal the dagger up our sleeves<br />And stab on the back, deep.</div>
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Let us smear ourselves with the blood<br />Of our victims,<br />Gorge on their flesh, clack our teeth<br />Clean our faces of the filth<br />As we wait for the next victim.</div>
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The solitary hunter, the red dragonfly<br />Focused on food and the female passing by.</div>
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Balachandran Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10174364716507089780noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-541988681105767002.post-62042875729851909932017-10-15T22:35:00.000+05:302017-10-15T22:35:06.908+05:30In the Open<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.12px;">Its head to look at me; a Magpie Robin trills a song.</span></div>
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Balachandran Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10174364716507089780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-541988681105767002.post-19021733205496776872016-09-16T21:57:00.002+05:302016-09-16T21:58:13.743+05:30Looking at the Blue Sky sitting on a Terrace<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Where you live, be it<br />
By the side of the sea,<br />
Or atop a mountain peak-<br />
Both, though a fantasy<br />
For most of us -<br />
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Where you live, be it<br />
Cocooned in a cramped<br />
Quarters or be it<br />
a claustrophobic<br />
One bhk -<br />
Or like me<br />
In an old crumbling<br />
Dwelling about to fall apart-<br />
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Wherever be that you live<br />
Or rot-<br />
It would be good<br />
To have a window<br />
Or a space where you can<br />
Look up<br />
At the sky.<br />
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***** Balachandran V Trivandrum August 2016</div>
Balachandran Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10174364716507089780noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-541988681105767002.post-77306164341361217712016-09-16T21:50:00.000+05:302016-09-16T21:54:49.229+05:30Naught<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Staring at the screen showing the folders,<br />
Folders and folders and files and files<br />
Piling up in the PC, in the laptop, in the netbook<br />
And even in the external Hard Disks -<br />
I am overwhelmed!<br />
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I grimace; how like my room, my house -<br />
Why, even like my entire life -<br />
Piling up junk, valuables irretrievably lost<br />
in the mountains of files and drawers and memories -<br />
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How frighteningly similar, for the hard disks to crash -<br />
The house to crumble - and life to end -<br />
And everything to come to naught!<br />
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************* Balachandran V, 15.09.2016. Trivandrum</div>
Balachandran Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10174364716507089780noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-541988681105767002.post-14572839161317444382016-09-07T17:28:00.001+05:302016-09-07T17:41:05.045+05:30Homo sapiens hirsutus<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Happening to glance at my left forearm the other day,<br />
Dark brown skinned and hairy<br />
I notice that more hair have turned white. <span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><br />Someday, if I live long enough,<br />My left forearm would turn all white<br />The darkness of my brown skin,<br />but not of my mind, hidden, hopefully.</span></div>
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Looking at the tuft, the bushy growth of hair<br />
On my chest ( ah, not on my head!), again white ( why grey?)<br />
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I hardly need a mirror these days, having not much<br />
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I cling on (and at times nips at)<br />
The vestige of my manhood, my moustache<br />
Bristling, drooping bicycle handlebars,<br />
The beard I dare not grow<br />
For fear of incurring my partner’s wrath.</div>
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I remember -<br />
Hair, growing, dark,<br />
In dark and exciting places<br />
Darkening shadows<br />
Of the emerging adulthood.</div>
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Shadows lean, now.<br />
They grow oblong, as the Sun approaches dusk.<br />
One day, my precious hair,<br />
Would be the first to catch fire…</div>
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Balachandran Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10174364716507089780noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-541988681105767002.post-1370062407041581262016-02-25T22:23:00.004+05:302016-02-25T22:23:46.706+05:30“I can feel it coming in the air…”<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;"> It is in the air, the smell<br /> Of fear.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /> Come out, come out of the cubicles<br /> The partitions and the corridors<br /> From behind the tinted glasses<br /> Out to the open fields<br /> Where we can hold our heads <br /> High, without fear and breathe<br /> The air of freedom.</span><br />
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Balachandran Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10174364716507089780noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-541988681105767002.post-44014547790097056662016-02-02T09:22:00.002+05:302016-02-02T09:22:22.907+05:30Firefuck<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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“Let’s light up the forest”, said he<br />Looking up at the green hills,<br />“What fun would it be! This<br />Breeze would spread it far and wide”.</div>
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Widening her legs, inviting him, she said-<br />“Oh yeah, let’s, let’s have a firefuck!”<br />“Birds would rise, panicking from their roosts<br />Nests toast to a nice crisp.”</div>
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Drawing her close, he slapped hard;<br />Her rump burned; she moaned.<br />“Monkeys will fly, through the sky<br />The tufts on their tails, dancing balls of fire!”</div>
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Flies and flying ash looked alike.<br />Butterflies flew like flakes of corn.<br />Flames licked and ate the trees<br />As their hearts cracked and split.</div>
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Grass spread a carpet in red<br />For the firefuckers, to fuck to death.<br />A light in green smouldered and glowed,<br />In the mother-wolf's eyes, as she died.</div>
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Balachandran Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10174364716507089780noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-541988681105767002.post-74746591080899978382016-01-20T07:56:00.000+05:302016-01-20T07:57:18.327+05:30To My Wannabe Friends in Facebook.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I am flattered, no doubt<br />
And pleased to some extent<br />
That you request me to be your friend.</div>
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But pray, why?<br />
Struck by my looks, I guess not.<br />
Impressed by my words, I'd like to think so.<br />
Seen a kindred soul, well, that's nice.<br />
Enamoured by my images, hmm, well, maybe<br />
Or not.</div>
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Then, tell me why.<br />
I am not hot and sexy<br />
Neither rich nor famous<br />
Not a chance that I will win<br />
The Nobel prize.</div>
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Be my friend, but tell me at least once<br />
Why I should clutter your page<br />
And vice versa.</div>
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My heart is not a door-less bus<br />
That stops at every wave of a hand.<br />
Not a passenger train<br />
That you can enter ticket-less.</div>
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I am not a leaky tap<br />
By the side of a street<br />
Where you may quench your thirst;<br />
Drink from me, but close the tap,<br />
Let not my blood drip away.</div>
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I am not the Banyan tree<br />
By the side of a blistering road<br />
Where you may rest awhile and leave<br />
Leaving your wastes strewn over my lap.</div>
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Friendship, oh my wannabe friend,<br />
Is not a casual thing<br />
I am not a hooker that<br />
you can hump and leave.</div>
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Be my friend, but tell me<br />
Beforehand why<br />
So that I may know you<br />
So that I can love you<br />
So that we may cherish<br />
Each other.</div>
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An offer of friendship<br />
Is not a frivolous act.<br />
To be a part of me<br />
Of my life, of my thoughts<br />
Is to enter<br />
The sanctum sanctorum<br />
Of my being.</div>
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Do not trample upon my heart.</div>
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Balachandran Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10174364716507089780noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-541988681105767002.post-54067019202665262702016-01-02T08:54:00.002+05:302016-01-02T08:54:50.364+05:30Songs that Live with You<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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One of the songs that have stayed with me all my life is this: Kelungal tharappedum. It is a Tamil Christian gospel song. I think I heard it the first time when I was ten or eleven. Nearly 50 years! A long time for a song to have been in the background of my life. I am not religious; Hindu or Christian or anything, but the voice of the singer, that appeal to greater powers, man's helplessness and his hopes that his life will be redeemed by the Lord<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"> - it haunts me. The immensity of our insignificance resonates in the song. Whatever ill may befall us, faith in an external power power us to survive...</span></div>
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One Sunday, as I placidly cycled along the vast green landscape of Nagercoil, the strains of this song came wafting along in the morning breeze. It followed me, in rhythm with my breath, in rhythm with each cycle of the pedals. I look at the birds, the dragonflies, the lone men working in the paddy fields. I look at the blue blue sky, the rock outcrop of the last of the hills gradually sinking into the sea...</div>
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I hum the chorus of the song, the only lines I know from boyhood.. 'Kelungal tharappedum, thattungal thirakkapedum, thedungal kidakkumentraaar, Jesu thedungal kidakkumentrar...' "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you." I do no know any other song as powerful and simple as this that can give hope to mankind. Though I will be singing the song to myself, for I have faith only in the powers of Nature...</div>
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Quoting Einstein, a friend throws a damp towel:<br />"The dividing line between past, present, and future<br />Is an illusion". So, she asks: What New Year???<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><br />Another philosophizes: It is just another sunset,<br />Another night and just one more sunrise, what’s new, he asks.</span></div>
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As 12 o’clock midnight approach, I sit all alone.<br />Not even a drink beside me, no music, no friends<br />No joy and revelry.<br />As 12 o’clock midnight approach,<br />I cock an ear for the sounds of fireworks<br />The screams of motorbikes, the shouts of greetings<br />The wail of the siren.<br />My dog, sound asleep at my feet.</div>
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As 12 o’clock midnight approach,<br />I lean back on the chair and<br />Remember yesteryears, the New Years gone by<br />Streaking, drunk, on the highways<br />Weathering a storm, snowed under<br />High on the grasslands, in utter silence<br />High on Grass, listening to Kishori<br />Slumped, head sunk deep into the chest<br />Drunk, absolutely soused.</div>
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Bidding goodbye forever to a friend,<br />Together looking out at the sea.</div>
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Mr. Einstein, you may be right, but<br />Tell me, what isn’t an illusion?<br />Hiroshima and Nagasaki maybe?<br />My friend, to celebrate time<br />Is to celebrate the passage of life.</div>
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We are butchers, chopping Time<br />Years, months, weeks and days<br />Down to seconds and nanoseconds;<br />Popping morsels into our mouths<br />Fully aware, afraid, that –<br />We swing our blades down on nothingness…</div>
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Balachandran Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10174364716507089780noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-541988681105767002.post-47122502641387732262015-11-16T14:43:00.000+05:302015-11-16T14:47:25.543+05:30The Visually Challenged <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Like blinking lights, on-off, on-off <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Flickering lamps, wicks burning out<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Nobody to pour in love<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Nobody to keep it alive.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What if the lights fade out <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">And die, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What if the lamp goes dry<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Born blind....<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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