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stuck

*standing on the threshold of change, I await a fresh-line

but the universe may be unready

if not, I may take to choppy-waters

all by myself*

 

 

1.

if we are all stuck in the jam of time

perhaps, if we spread it out real thin

some of us could actually lift off

and catch a ride.. out

free some hostage from the twisting temporal-joints

 

and the wool-gatherers mind their business

and footsore beggars dine on exotic-things

deep in the heart of the jungle

where Nebuchadnezzar parked his dreams of old

 

by saving your surprise for a weekday jaunt

we limp on in the vacant-dust of paradox

yet get unavoidably detained by the present

undo the ribbons and the package may unfold its.. things

espy the tick-tock riding the margin of fright

 

common sense of morn lies delightfully unfinished

and the wrong side of a bold idea gets squashed

the brain-weary ingest their lot and plough on through thickets of tricky-fate

while tiptoeing silent on the farthest-blades of brimstone

holding subtly aloft.. the frankness of aiding-spectres

 

 

2.

balloon of green, balloon of blue

hold out your hand and pray you get no inequalities of flame

easy catch of the sound of science scoffing in the parlour

 

when we try to do something different; take a chance

uncivilised-humour will argue the rings off your punctured-lobes

any germ of new plan must needs be nurtured

let any frenemy go; intolerant-ilk do better by their vacuous selves

remarkably convenient

there's almost enough water in the well

to soak up the ivory-rays and let them fly

and there's a breeze lifting the needle off the ancient-groove

spinning reels on the bay

 

 

*no, you will never convince me

that the time-keeper holds all keys

'cos I snuck out furtive.. late one night

and sawed through.. for a whole decade

and well, guess what I have here..*

 

 

:)

 

 

 

 

S T - 24 Jan 2014

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if you spromed, then I sprocketed

whiling away telubrious fallies

upon the jousters of Dorbeyville

canta-laughter and rent-a-carter

why.. hello, future..

see here, I light my smoke uncut

and dare to peer into you :)

sub-entry: footprints

whether the bells toll in odd-clang

wait for the crash of the cymbal

diffident-dreamer makes moves so small

no attention-seeking

when the waters run silent

beneath the rocks cavernous

and upon sandy shores

there, some footprints

of some erstwhile-reverie

a dream late last night

I felt you walk beside me

look again.. our footprints

and a plain-line

where you towed away my heart

open your hand, my friend

your life-line just grew some more

and what's that under your nails?

fine-grains of white mirage-sand

there's this key in the locks of time's braids

time to undo the plaits

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