Prathibha Nandakumar Poems

When I was grouping for new poem
for the poetry festival,
poems danced all over the house:
in nooks and corners, in bed,
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I have died a million deaths
in the last ten minutes
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I was born with several diseases
And thought that was the normal way

I played the flute with lips
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Burnt seasoning, calling bell, son screaming for towel
from bathroom, TV competing with him, neighbour wants
something urgent, its an emergency,
laundrywalah wants to settle the account right away,
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The three inverted triangles of the Yoni chakra
cuts across the four moving upwards
fourteen lotus petals spread around and
nothing goes out of symmetry or color
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He is the animal trainer
makes even the fiercest of fierce animals
crawl, jump, stand on hind legs
just by the crack of his whip.
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Slumping on the chair she said
calling out to Vincent for a cigarette
knew I could catch you here.
Lighting her Vincent said
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Always holding on to mother's pallu
someone at the school had said
that the scare crow would come home
to take me away if I was not smart.
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It was a table for two.
Two beer mugs were filled to the brim
Who called the third cheer?
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And they award you for deconstruction!

Design thearies desert you to tackle
the slopping roof realities without a column support of
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