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 Mar 2014 Veena Aneev
David Barr
The dictatorship of our state is profound in its mass propaganda, where the discernment of individuals seeps into an eternal chasm of self-sacrifice on the altar of political conformity.
Let us actively withstand the passivity of our conventional hypocrisy as we engage with this ontological sleepwalk through sinister passageways of presumed social advancement.
In our age of grandiose moralistic eclecticism where imperatives abound, I burn incense and contemplate the cosmopolitan artificiality which lavishes abundant gifts upon our self-opinion.
Criminality is the result of discovery.
So, oh thorn in my flesh, cover those rancid corpses by the veil of popularity, gain and pleasure.
Subconscious social conditioning is the scourge of lustful appearance, don’t you think?
One can always read or say
how to do what things,
but the only thing
that makes One any better
is simply going out and doing them.
I wish I knew
which foods are truly
good for me.
Right now, I'm reading the book Wheat Belly. Thus far, I have learnt that chemical companies have pretty much oblitherated our food supply. I'm scared. This is NOT a recipe for a healthy generation.
 Mar 2014 Veena Aneev
1487
There are many days
I get on here
to read others' words
just to know
that I'm alive.

To know I'm not
the only one
left
who's dying.
 Mar 2014 Veena Aneev
1487
I guess
you really do
gotta kiss
a lot
of frogs
before you find
your prince
 Mar 2014 Veena Aneev
1487
In saving you,
I killed
myself.
Now wearing his favorite shirt:
Subtle indigo patterns.
It was always his favorite in church.
Foxglove six feet above,
And he is much higher now.
Another broken machine
Crushed by the everyday grind.

Turned like a machine.
Going to work in the mourning.
A stray moment.
The sound of snapping metal frames
Silenced, before he could draw the breath to say
"What just happened?"
 Mar 2014 Veena Aneev
Volta147
I walk into a garden
With but only a mere child’s feel
I look around me, the innocence shining
The light, painfully, seems oh so real

I come too quickly
Am stopped by something
And as I turn my face

I see flowers of the prickly sort
My life begins changing
When I see a maze

Garden doors are tricky things
But in this case there were three
Three doors, three choices
Oh my, which one shall it be?

The first is dark, with broken, shredded vines
The second is golden with coins portrayed on the sides

I look at the two, with delightful curiosity
Until my heart froze
I saw a third with a humming bird
So light, as if she knows

The third was neither of gold nor darkness
But of flowers and something in the core
In the core, oh, so beautiful was a key
With that I opened the door
A vision of a choice between darkness, glory, and serenity
 Mar 2014 Veena Aneev
Upasana Roy
That night she was stopped
that quiet whisper of love
that gentle touch
it was questioned
the lights shone brightly on them
the windows rolled down
they questioned her
they questioned her love, her faith
what did her name have to do with it?
or her age?
she loved him, she truly did
they asked her how much money she took
money against  a measure of time with him?
what did that woman mean?
"she's in a uniform, don't question her" he said
but she protested,
because she loved him, she truly did.

A societal mess- that's what she became.
A name in the newspapers
a shame to her household
a grave mistake.
he had to leave, her father said
you mustn't be fooled, her mother said
her crying eyes bid him farewell
he vowed that he'd love her
he vowed he'd be there one day
"it's too convoluted now"
Fate decided- so be it
Then it changed.

She walked down that narrow alley like every day
she was afraid to use the front door
everyone stared
they said horrible things
why subject herself to it everyday?
it's painless for her to take the back alley
no one notices, she's just a shadow

They followed this gentle shadow
they followed her footsteps
the tinkling of these earrings he had given her
they cautiously waited till that moment
till that moment that they could destroy her
bit by bit.
no one came in response to those blood curling shrieks
no one shone a light on them
no woman in a uniform asked her how much she would charge them
no man called her dishonorable
there was no one at all
just her empty eyes and susurrus protests
she laid barren, exposed in that back alley
it was dark, no lights
no concern, no questions
no allegations, no threats
no mistakes, no convolutions
it was simple really as she lay there
at least she died in honor, right?
At least no one would accuse her now?
Wrong,
that would continue, how naive she was even at her end
as she went from a shadow to a memory
without love
without life
In a country such as ours, it is illegal to kiss in public, it is illegal to display any sort of  affection. In a country such as ours, gay marriage is illegal. It is demeaned and looked down upon. Because it's punishable, it's deplorable.
However the convictions for **** in India are a mere 24.21%. We give our rapists a serious amount of confidence to pursue their act of 'masculinity', shall we call it?
Also in our glorious country, out of the 706 **** cases reported in 2012 in New Delhi, only one resulted in convictions.In our glorious country- gang **** is a form of punishment. However fine and humiliation is imposed on any public display of affection. Women endure demeaning by others, even women of a greater, lower or even equal rank for 'being in love' or having 'a male friend' so as to the point where they are accused of being prostitutes.
We are a wonderful country, let's cherish our values, cultures and ethics. Shall we?
 Mar 2014 Veena Aneev
Mohd Arshad
Thy smile pulls me back
The intention dies within
unrolls a new life
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