I don't know politics but I know the names
Of those in power, and can repeat them like
Days of week, or names of months, beginning with Nehru.
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There is a house now far away where once
I received love……. That woman died,
The house withdrew into silence, snakes moved
Among books, I was then too young
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Getting a man to love you is easy
Only be honest about your wants as
Woman. Stand nude before the glass with him
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All round me are words, and words and words,
They grow on me like leaves, they never
Seem to stop their slow growing
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This love older than I by myriad
Saddened centuries was once a prayer
In his bones that made them grow in years of
Adolescence to this favored height; yes,
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