They died young
both my dog and my god
And if my wish would have just one alive
my wish would be my dog…
Author Archives: mukesh
Flags and Maps
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The butchered dead lie
broken heads and bodies broken
strewn miles along the olive groves
I don’t recall the earth ever said…
excerpt (6 jun ’13)
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I could tell you
who you are…
On the road
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On the road
besides the river
by the mountain
by the sea…
excerpt (4 sep ’10)
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The naked and the damned
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I don’t know what
She hoped to find
She just went looking
into the starless night
there
in the pitch of the dark ..
In her bag
an apple
a tune
a little bread
a needle and a thread
and all the lies of all the world ..
Calling calling ..
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I hold you in my arms
for a night without an end
The moon is all upon me ..
I hold you in my heart
for a night without an end
The moon is all upon me
calling
calling calling
calling calling
calling ..
excerpt (23 aug ’07)
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He
restless sailor knew…
Mehzabeen ..
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Once i was a little kid.
I know everyone was a little kid once .. Even you.
I didn’t hear you tell me a story that started like this,
so you might as well just listen, instead of already having an opinion.
I wasn’t the only kid my mother had.
I was her first though.
I had two brothers and four sisters even before i was born.
Two out of the six of my siblings were almost as old as my mother…
excerpt (16 may ’07)
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Broken leaves
drift through life’s silent corridors…