I visit the market
Purchase a fresh set of lies
2.
My first date, I recall
The water I sip, it tastes like blood
3.
What if God is pretending to be someone else?
4.
Today, I'm Sherlock Holmes
I reach for my cocaine bottle
Then set out to spy on Mr and Mrs Watson, honeymooning
5.
The orphan boy who delivers my newspapers
Offers me peppermints
He says, no news today
All dried up, it seems
6.
It has started drizzling, again
How many droplets make a rain?
7.
Great openings are for rookies
I collect endings
8.
I watch the movie in mute
My Oriyan neighbour wails
She is being beaten by her husband
Yet again
9.
The bunyan tree has a nice shape to it
What is it?
Arjuna making love to Draupadi?
Bhim wrestling with Duryodhana?
Perhaps both?
10.
When he died at 87
They buried him with a ledger in which he jotted down the names of his friends from class one
None of whom attended the midnight funeral
11.
I dust inanimate objects
They come alive
My nightmares multiply
12.
I call the local police station
When I spot Orestes being chased by the Furies
In the middle of the night
The policeman on duty tells me to turn the page
When he died at 87
They buried him with a ledger in which he jotted down the names of his friends from class one
None of whom attended the midnight funeral
11.
I dust inanimate objects
They come alive
My nightmares multiply
12.
I call the local police station
When I spot Orestes being chased by the Furies
In the middle of the night
The policeman on duty tells me to turn the page
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