Arunlal Mokeri Poems

The cat is simply everywhere on a given day.
On the culvert sleeping, his ears keeping watch;
In the shade purring angrily at himself clutching the earth;
Out in the sun as a proud machine-perfect movement of limbs;
...

A street winked.
Darkness.
The fading smear of a wall.
A darting bridge.
...

The mirror opened:
a small creek.
It let in a sparrow,
which hung on the frame
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The wave of your silence crawls over
And bites
On the candescent sands
And ebbs -
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Our memories
All of a sudden
Seemed so beautiful yesterday
When I saw you pass
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Bright gold of the ripe day oozes over
The succumbing petals of the bedside flowers;
Your gold fish breathes, wide-eyeing us from its clear bowl.
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I hear you call it again.

I have lent it to some before,
Kept it from some,
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Wired to the world I sit

Weighing a few extra memories
Interpreting flesh and a misty waking.
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