Rashmi Menon

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I am more of a poet than a writer and more of a reader than a poet. I scribble my thoughts mostly on my blog: http: //rashscribbles.wordpress.com. Occasionally, i try my hand at short fiction too. Most of my short fiction efforts are also posted on my blog.)

The Best Poem Of Rashmi Menon

Lotus-Eater

sweet dirt, liquid and luscious

(infested, as the flower is) ,

soft petals and succulent stalk

(pliable stalk, to be bent and twisted,

sucked dry) ,

newly sugared, gold-dust drizzler

(sugar-to be tasted and discarded) ,

hold me in your slow sway

(i'm in and out of you

and on to the next of you):

write me in and rub me out but not out of you

(misread, misled and misconceived little flower)

i am just what you were seeking,

sighting and

sighing

(i'm just a reflector,

the flecks of disgusted desire, but-

fragments of your vain, veined self)

p.s: apologies to Lord Tennyson

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