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Of various channel partners
Of diverse pacts and packages
By instinct or instance
Love has different verticals

Verticals by relation,
Between
You and your spouse
Children, parents,
Friends, neighbors, society
Country and humanity

Verticals by profession,
Between
You and your job
Your boss, colleagues
Your maids, sub-ordinates,
Your clients, well wishers  

Verticals by nature,
Between
You and your environs,
Pets n’ creatures
Greenery n’ scenery  

Wide, vivid and vivacious
Love, the spectrum,
Rules and limits unruly life
Love is designed to last
Not resigned to be lost
To love one is great
To win love is greater
Good is better than bad
- Always
Good is no better
- At times
Bad is better than worse
- A solace
Worse is better than the worst
- A consolation
Bad is the best of the worst
- A compromise

Good is bad to a few sometimes
Bad is good to some at times
What is good
What is bad
That fluctuates
With time, place and people
With a swing in degrees
Between extremities
The best and the worst
To circumvent circumstances  

Good is never bad
Bad is never good
Says the dictum
Is it ethical or mythical?
Legal or logical
Religious or regulatory
Is it discretionary?
Or discriminatory
Or all combined?
Devised by Cosmic Boss
Sourced by parents
Aided by obstetrician
Nursed by pediatrician
Nurtured by nutritionist
Counseled by sexologist
Treated by orthopedist
Stressed by physiotherapist
Directed by dietician
Nudged by nephrologist
Nerved by neurologist    
Contained by cardiologist
Consoled by psychologist
Interspersed by dentist,
Sighted by ophthalmist
Conditioned by physiology
Terminated by mortuary
The inexorable Lifeline Express
Of hospitalized hospitality
Sprouted by vibrant sperms,
Sprang up in violent genes,
Life is a fount full of germs.

Truth is bitter and no better
He choses to keep life easy and rosy
Loves and leads a lazy legend
Hurts and hurls others to thrive
Feels safe and strong in flesh and blood
Enjoys the wealth of health in youth  

Strong and selfish sign out morals
Week and meek lack morale
Mind is more money maniac
Sweeps off soul as silly sole
Skin is thick with sundry sins

As worms scooped out warmth of life,
Age squeezed flesh and blood from body
No scouts and screams for succour in sight
Save pale praying lips from kith and kin
Alas! Vexed soul vanished from forbidden body
In futile search of budding spirit to boom again.
Oh God! From tainted tomb to wanted womb.
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