Prabhakar Subramaniam Poems

All day long
I keep hearing
The kuyil's song
Though the sun is searing
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Dead neem leaves
Lie like crescents
On my path
Gusts of wind
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Is there a path
From you to yourself,
Can the house
Look for itself elsewhere,
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It's time for hard decisions

The sage leader said
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It is where lies come readily

Without any prompting
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When we have to tell the truth
Can we bear to tell him?
Before he enters his teens
That's the deadline given us;
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The wind in the palm tree
Outside my balcony
Sounds like rain,
The quartz clock
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Do you know

How to raise a fire
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My distant kin

Suddenly warmed to me
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When the lights blow out

Urchins erupt in joy
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