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THE NIGHT…. A solitary soul, Lost in the knoll of an evil hour, Left to his own plight Not even with an ounce of might left Cycling lonely in the drizzling, dizzying darkness, On a slippery, sloppy country road without a ray of light, Prospects, really not so bright. A deafening thunder in the yonder, And blinding lightening taunts the dreamer From the falling hell….like a firing shell Roaring jet of splashing rain Whips and cracks the inner brain Tropical typhoon downpour, It is…typical! A descending death!! In the guise of dark monsoon wrath, The monotonous music of June Radiating the pain in the vein, Like any early fifties night, No one in sight. He peddles on and on breathlessly With all his might Haplessly hopes for a dim rural light And a hand post nearby!! Who was he? Long back he has forgotten, What is he out for? No more his concern, Now…..survive the situation!! Only the ambition Knees cramped, brain crippled, The body squeezed and tortured Crawls in that deadly turbulent ni

My Village,

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My Village… Like words of Greek which force us to stammer, Like proverbs that never fit into the situation proper, Like Hi and bye that silence every conversation Like language that escapes all communication Strangly, a stranger ever forgotten, Where I was once born. The benthic field of eroded rock, finely polished and cut, The xeric land with smothered boulders that once swept And decorated with motherly care like fruits in a market, One above the other with a laborious task that was set. A colour aberration needs a meaningful narration. It is a roof under the shades of hell. A dormant volcano, smoking still... Below the mantle, a lovable nest, Where sun god never rests, A vast unending plateau under the sky Where only two seasons share, Summer and severe summer..!! And it is a hot furnace out there In fact a urban idlers night mare Where rains have lost their way like a polar bear, In a never seen rain forest ever before. Rains are onl