Raj Arumugam Poems

millipede me
with my many, many legs
and my head rounded above and flattened below
the universe conspired to make me;
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it is that time
as the sun sets
as the chaos of the day recedes
and the sanctuary of the evening
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and so it has come to pass
that the masculine in poetry is suspect
the feminine distorted into clichés;
that poetry must be effeminate
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come living beings, all of life
all forms and creatures
seen and unseen;
come and listen and sing
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(1)
There’s one thing I must get off my chest
that’s bothered me now
even 50 years on
with the passage of time –
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1)
my wife came out of the shower
last month
still unwashed and dry as a bone
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CROW 1
Hey - you've got the vantage point
higher up on the tree
Tell me if you see
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ask no questions:
you must obey;
and if you ask questions
you must accept all answers
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