Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Selfish...are we?????

The humid yellow paste ......
And then, a pink, a biege and a custom
With an uncanny tinge of grey....
The marmalade sky finally lending a helpful hand
to a hopeful poet,
Ready to trap the evening with expert
paintbrushes...
The soft smelly vapour of tea
The civilised beep of microwave....
Nina Ricci, love birds, soft indulgence.....

Out here,
we live in colour,in completeness, in care,
with Tagore, with Let it be, and Che Guevera....
With banners and placards....fighting 
Other people's fights....
We live in harmony.....hypocrisy or
otherwise...
We laugh, we cry, entrapped within snug community.................
Auden was damn right when he said we
don't care if Icarus fell
or if Dedalus died or if Christ was crucified......
This is the way we live.....
Who cares if the rest don't???????

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