Jagannath rao Adukuri Poems

Then our world moved away slowly under our feet;
A barebacked child mopped the floor under our seats
A fifty -paise coin glistened in his hungry eyes
Like the broken sun found in the muddy puddle
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Flesh on flesh
Bone on bone
Eyes go astray
He that spoke
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Then was different
Of different hue
And music.
Her eyes spoke
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The day sizzled as though
The Gods were angry
In the evening the sky opened
In electric anger hurling
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On the banks of the River of Desire
The abodes of our Gods are empty
The Gods deserted our village long ago
Leaving behind all the sanctums
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Up there a pair of keen eyes
An involuntary twitch of beauty
A taut screwing of eyeballs
Consciousness flowed this way
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I lie here, on this side,
A miserable, reluctant host
They enter me, quietly,
And cling to the nuclei
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The water of life streamed
Through the broken roadside tap
The sun burned like a death-fire
On bodies, bloodless and charred.
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Invisible is his presence;
On dark nights he acquires
The luminosity of an astral body
At Gaya the waters reflected him
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This creature of the earth
Sleep-talks to himself
Nobody has heard him.
As the temple bells ring
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