Raj Arumugam Poems

Please, O God of Humor, give me the gift of being funny
naturally funny
so I can produce poetry and verse that tickles
and makes readers laugh so much their coins roll out of their wallets;
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my office-mate Kate
she winces at seeing a cat
run over on the road
and is sad for days;
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one worries about age
and how things are different
and how time changes things in one’s mind and life
(one sees many, hears many
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let there be peace in each heart
a peace that is independent of place and circumstance;
a quiet that is not reliant on ideas or dogma
or religion or club or leaning on another;
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I’m the ghost
who lives below your bed;
the ghost
who appears on the other side
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how come all you preachers
always refer to God as HE?
It’s not a She?
you sure the whole thing was checked by a certified nurse
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a photo album
is one’s pictorial grip on one’s life -
a slippery hold maybe,
but comforting nonetheless,
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conditioning, when alive


see how rarely there’s clarity
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what do the leaves
the green, green leaves
the native lilly-pilly leaves
swaying in the breeze,
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a useless poem (or the fun of uselessness)
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