Hemant Divate Poems

How did the landscape in my mind
flow into my daughter's mind?
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What lines are these
That are written without words on the mind
That, read with a tilt of the head,
Keep flowering in your eyes
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Supermicro thoughts
Pass through my mind
As I shop at the mega-mall.
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Ambling by in the garden of the complex
I casually remarked to a friend,
Can't see those small
deep yellow butterflies these days
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When I check email
my wife watches ‘Koi Apnaasaa'
my son plays Jigazo
Father watches ETV on the telly in the living room
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'I'm remembering
The fragrance of ‘Pond's Dream flower' your body would give
And your e-mails
I'm remembering
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Like cigarette
Ash we
Get d-e-t-a-c-h-e-d
From ourselves
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Ambling by in the garden of the complex
I casually remarked to a friend,
Can't see those small
deep yellow butterflies these days
He cursorily said,
That brand has been discontinued
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When I check email
my wife watches ‘Koi Apnaasaa'
my son plays Jigazo
Father watches ETV on the telly in the living room
Mother squints through the peephole in the door
to see who comes out of or goes into the lift

When I read the newspaper
my wife talks on the mobile
my son stares at the TV watching Cartoon Network
Father, his neck thrust into a bucket,
inhales steam
Mother, standing by the kitchen window,
awaits the maid

When I am not home
my son calls me up and asks,
"Dad, what are you doing? Do come home."
My wife sends me an SMS: "I miss u."
I get to know about the quarrel between Mother and Father
when I return home
and about the garrulous maid's
having quit.
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