THE DEPRESSED
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people in sorrow
drown.slowly; have.date with death
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Marvellous human brain
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marvel human brain
stores old and new life's events
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the youngest member, labrador.Rusty
loves people - he is friendly not frosty
pesters, if not.patted
press his back, you are doted
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The Ugly Lizard
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lives on mosquitoes
captures them by shock and awe
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SQUIRREL CHATTER(Tanka)
squirrel finds its voice
in forest - with a, tune like
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GOD. LOVES.DOG?
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colony. canine
owns. zilch, family. just.one
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the aged can see through
but with smile quickly forgive
their youth was wild too
a punch they can't pack and give
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this hanging tongue
permissive brain's blue eyed boy
a much pampered.rogue
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a young bachelor, lived in a village
he gave up all, and, went on pilgrimage,
traveled all over to learn
as his.mind's desire.burnt
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‘Anything that can go wrong will go wrong'
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Mumbai's fierce downpour
Mumbaikars are much too sour
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WHO. CAN. BE.A. POET
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slouched on my couch
with trepidation I vouch
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Exasperated Patient
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patient to doctor:
'hygiene appals.I leave now.
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The Ultimate Hawk
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the final.war to usher in peace
the ultimate.hawk, is now unleashed
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Pocket picker's saga
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my friend and I once caught a pickpocket
then to police to get him, a.jail ticket
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late eighteen hundreds
at a wedding, to delight
mamis, mamas and.kindred,
a Bharat Natyam by night,
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A former Aerospace Engineer with the Govenment of India.Studied Mechanical Engineering from Mysore and Space Engineering from BIT Ranchi. Entire career- worked with DRDL, Hydeabad, India. Resides mostly in Bangalore, sometime in Hyderabad. Has been writing poems since about 2 years - mostly in the forms of limericks, Haiku and Tanka. A few longer poems too. Subjects include wildlife, nature, cricket, politics, and the day-to-day problems of living and surviving!)
The Depressed
THE DEPRESSED
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people in sorrow
drown.slowly; have.date with death
as heartless, wallow
arrows and sharp barbs
verbally aimed, hit target
in casual garb
God alone is judge
man's laws can't catch delinquent
abusers don't budge
time for empathy
let the sick open their.hearts
divine, not pity
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