Aniruddha Pathak Poems

We came for a swim
In what looked to me a dream,
Water nor worries,
We swam in old memories,
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Flesh, blood, nor mind, nor am I brain well-lined,
I'm not what I know, nor am I ego,
Nor yet five senses can claim what ‘I' am,
I'm not five elements as wisdom said—
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What be filled with fecund grown food
So plentiful in this green wood,
Who, for this burning belly's good
Oh such a great sin incur would?
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Spring entered my room
And filled me with its perfume,
To spring's bride I felt like groom.
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Giving gift? So does a gift vendor,
Give a gift and mere gift you render,
Fine, you do give something—
A short season of spring,
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A day marked for women,
And my thoughts went to them.
And then back on to men.
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My Mirror on wall of wisdom grey,
Who's fairest of them all if ye may?
There's no doubt, My Beauty,
Do should I my duty,
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One easily hit scarce be target,
As the bet easy won be no bet,
It is what you cannot,
And what proves a tad hot,
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Men stay married for the same odd reason,
More of commerce moves by the myth of lie,
More nations friends are, for, truths buried, die,
Untruth blossoms whatso be the season.
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O to read books that wound one's within—
Hit hammer like on head, machete mean,
But, are but one in ten—
Nine crackle like a hen,
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