Sachin Ketkar Poems

On a murky corrupted afternoon
As the harsh rains hurt
The sparrow wings of time
Hiding in the tired wet boughs of an unknown tree
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Wash us in splashing
Spray of shower
Dry us till we crackle
Scorch us with brilliance
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Please
Don't stand
In the window
Caressing
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A halo of a lamp
Disappears
Voicelessly
Into the timeless dark
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in the empty corridors
the locks
hang
like testicles
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When Bhima seized me by my legs
In his merciless iron clutches
I thought he was going to dispatch me
He ripped me in half instead
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You will chance upon
The secret black and white codes
Of my being
Lying anywhere
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A city in the middle
Of a flourishing obese market

A convoluted net
Of shortcuts and flyovers
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The elixir of immortality
In the navel
Of this ten faced world
Has dried out
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Torment of thirty five worlds
Falls away
With your smile
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