A HERD OF LEGENDS
( for Shyam Sunder Sharma )
always in the background
of my mind I am
hearing
listening to
the ananda-lahari
of Arun's voice
speaking to me
in best Kolatkarese
as I ride
his KALA GHODA
to the outskirts of
JEJURI
and there dismount
walking barefoot
into the town
of his mind
bowing before
his words
this here
this now
drinking his voice
thirstily down
to the very last sound
marking each syllable with turmeric
offering the ashes
of anything I can say
I the humble havildar
to the temple
of your thought
until you take a final drag
from a half bent charminar
flick it from fingers
laugh...tell me to. . .
****** off!
Go on...!"
"And make
a poem of your own!"
Feb 4, 2021
Feb 4, 2021 at 11:32 AM UTC
A HERD OF LEGENDS
( for Shyam Sunder Sharma )
always in the background
of my mind I am
hearing
listening to
the ananda-lahari
of Arun's voice
speaking to me
in best Kolatkarese
as I ride
his KALA GHODA
to the outskirts of
JEJURI
and there dismount
walking barefoot
into the town
of his mind
bowing before
his words
this here
this now
drinking his voice
thirstily down
to the very last sound
marking each syllable with turmeric
offering the ashes
of anything I can say
I the humble havildar
to the temple
of your thought
until you take a final drag
from a half bent charminar
flick it from fingers
laugh...tell me to. . .
****** off!
Go on...!"
"And make
a poem of your own!"
