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Nov 2011
the wart, at first
was mostly ignored;
like in the case of  squint eyes
or few strands of untimely
white hair.
though it created
bit of a complex,
thought  merely as a nuisance
(what else, was the
thinking of those times)

the wart persisted,
and consistently spread
attracting  attention
of almost every one
revealing how our people are curious.
so found the need
to be operated
(no big deal, the doc said)
the papoma virus shouldn't be
given a chance to go out of hand


on the surgeon's table
a discussion ensued--
many possibilities
were brought to the fore,
the pattern was striking
an opinion was sounded
it in fact, is
out and out natural body art--
isn't it?

see,  how ' found art' emerges !
art of the  persistent wart
was illuminated and realized
the wart with a striking ( ancient?) motif
was saved from the surgeon's knife,
thanks to the timely  'wartistic' thinking on art.

life springs surprises before us
but we take it as something else,
what other reason we need for the
failure of human race?
some one, (a nurse?) near
the surgeon's table rationalized,
none could say anything, but shake their heads.
K Balachandran
Written by
K Balachandran  Kerala, India
(Kerala, India)   
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