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With my whole body I taste these peaches,
I touch them and smell them.  Who speaks?

I absorb them as the Angevine
Absorbs Anjou.  I see them as a lover sees,

As a young lover sees the first buds of spring
And as the black Spaniard plays his guitar.

Who speaks?  But it must be that I,
That animal, that Russian, that exile, for whom

The bells of the chapel pullulate sounds at
Heart.  The peaches are large and round,

Ah! and red; and they have peach fuzz, ah!
They are full of juice and the skin is soft.

They are full of the colors of my village
And of fair weather, summer, dew, peace.

The room is quiet where they are.
The windows are open.  The sunlight fills

The curtains.  Even the drifting of the curtains,
Slight as it is, disturbs me.  I did not know

That such ferocities could tear
One self from another, as these peaches do.
You try to blend in
with the beautiful daisies
when all you feel like is
a dandelion, a ****.
Perhaps I've been confused
Matted in perspiration
Perhaps I've been abused
It's time to change the station
My creation has betrayed me
But ain't that what they do
Gotta let em breathe
Or else how ever can they move
Once upon a wretched night,
When every star was out of sight,
Alone the poet sat and sighed,
And gazed into the darkness far and wide,

And secretly wished it to swallow her whole,
Surround her; envelop her, like a hungry black hole,
So that the silence would come, and mayhem depart,
To silence her head, and her beating heart.

Once again into the void,
To have her hopes and dreams destroyed,
To have her heart still, after a final beat,
To be taken and finally swept off of her feet.

Stop the words that fill her mind,
Stop her compassion; what makes her kind.
Steal her hope, her faith and her dreams,
Leave her alone with only her screams.

Take all it is that makes her human,
Leave her dead, a senseless tumour,
Remove her heart so she feels no more,
Then leave her alone and lock the door.

But here she is, not in the hole,
Away in the distance she hears the bell toll,
The night will soon be over, and morning will come,
But her darkness will remain, despite the sun.
If you ever love another
Out of respect to me,
Do not bring her
To the house you bought for you and I.
If she should make it to our home
Do not carry her over the threshold
like you did me.
If you carry her into our home
Do not place her on our bed.
The one where you made love to me
where we dreamed of making life
A daughter for you to spoil
A son for me to be proud of.
If you make love to her in our bed,
Turn the light's off
That she may not see my soul
Screaming in agony
That she may not see my pictures
Still hanging on the wall
That she may not know i live
In your heart even though am gone.
As
Now The
Happiness
Is Towering

With A Large
Base To Make It
Worthy Of Staying


Sadness Is Trenching
Bringing Tears Not
Very Often To My

Eyes Which've
Gotten Tired

Of These
Tears
© Atul Kaushal
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