designed in russia
orange puppet with blonde hair ~~
going down for real

© 2017

embrace death
cos one day you'll run out of breath

embrace death
cos one day it'll steal your health

embrace death
cos it'll creep up on you like stealth

embrace death
cos you won't be saved from it by wealth

just embrace death
cos it's certain and closer than you felt

© 2017

pin drop silence
anxious faces
no one person
dare look at the other,
but
at bureaucratic forms
that need filling

are some dreams
about to crash and burn?
have others
written their final will?

eagerly awaiting
any good news
from an impersonal machine
called the cat-scan
which now
quietly plays god

© 2017

summer doldrums
a stillness to these leaves ~~
paralyzed congress

© 2017

hidden foes
closed doors
dirtied shores
a world gone awry

tacky leaders
massive needers
acting like dealers
a world gone awry

cultures collapse
diseases relapse
madness perhaps
a world gone awry

this movie called life
sharper than a knife
global community in strife
in a world gone awry....

© 2017

parting with something dear
subjugating personal desires
giving up for a greater cause....
like a son sent to war
for country sake,
like selling her body
each night
to feed a big family,
or seeing this brave mother
donate vital organs
to her dying son
just to see him live
for a few months more...

© 2017

guarding
the impregnable fortress
of her majesty's residence,
two tigresses sport
a no nonsense look
eager to preserve
the secret of the three cities

herein dwells
kalika......

inside
that point of singularity,
she holds captive
her only true love,
the wild
but great shiva

© 2017