Kewal Paigankar

I am only a leaf
One of nature’s fragile things.

Walk gently past me
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They call it the magic train
Ambling gently into station
It has been a long ride
Through the parched desert of Rajasthan
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Behind the bar she waits
Half in darkness and half in light
Solitary and detached
An alluring vision, composed and assured
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The ferryman waits on board
For the final voyage
By the battered vessel
Permanently Crocked.
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The Sea Widow

Stirring inside her womb
Evolving, gestating
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Two Winters

Trudging through the snow
Frequently slipping
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They came out in droves
Even in a small town such as this
To commemorate the MAN
Who swam with the whales.
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SHARED MOMENTS

People are asking me
If there is something going on
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CRACKED GLASS


She waits
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Let us salute this man.
The old codger is gone
Alive no more;
Struck down by illness and old age
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Through the night I travel
The enveloping darkness closing in
The dread of turbulence
That rocks the plane up and down.
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If only I could fly!

I would hit a 40-yard pass
And watch it soar
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A whiff of pungent air
At once corrupt and contagious
Spreads throughout these corridors
Of the citadel
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In the gallery of the grotesque
Theatre of the absurd
In the chamber of fools
Where clowns sit, smirking and pompous
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Made from granite, Rosendale cement and limestone
Connecting Manhattan to Brooklyn
The East River over which it stands
Moonlit and serene tonight
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On a warm summer’s day
Little angels; you asked me to play
With you both
Running the length and breadth of the garden
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I first saw you
Hung from the ceiling
Held together by steel rods
Filling a cavernous room
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A retired magician has defaulted on the terms of his contract. Now two underworld figures are on his trail..........


Welcome to the world of magic and illusion
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She is kindness personified.
She wears it lightly
On her sleeve
This slightly incongruous woman
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History is being written
Its pages cannot be torn
Not even by the Gods
Who aid or obstruct
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