Thursday, November 15, 2012

animal farm: chapter ix

  i     am on top of
you
you
you   and
you

fall in line, you filthy pig!

*the pig turns his head in slow mo*

if only
this was
the last chapter.

*trumpet call*

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

malice in wonderland

have faith in your warm being
and it shall e x p l o d e into tiny splinters
on the tip of your finger
like a doe in heat

Thursday, November 1, 2012

tip of the tongue

unleash the whip

work harder

it is still inked with
the ounce of blood lost

still a long, long
long way to go

before it is toasted
to satiate the palette
just about right

Friday, September 14, 2012

Monday, September 10, 2012

intimate affair #2

eye                 patch
           
           no         
           se
           
      upper lip
     gun barrel
      lower lip

noise factory

type
type
edit
read
delete
type
edit
read
edit
type
read
delete
type
edit
read
delete
undo delete
edit or send?

the mad hatter

         his head is
       under the hat
   you casually flung
on to the bustling street

Saturday, August 25, 2012

follow me

look up
to the word
word
as the word
word
does not only
define words
but is a
word itself

Friday, August 17, 2012

the chosen one

mobbed by you,
me, her and them
he threw a punch
in their gut and
thundered
“hail me not, for I know
not what I have done”
and the crowd went berserk
with resounding cheer
and applause

Monday, August 13, 2012

into the woods

only with a mind
to shatter the
           did he
eventually scream
silence silence silence
silence silence silence
silence            silence

Thursday, August 9, 2012

pied piper of dumblin

flow with them not
into the lap of tempatation
where the pen slips
slyly between the leaves
in and out, out and in (repeat)
only to spill the ink
and the crowd shall remember you
as the only one who dared
to follow his nose

Wednesday, August 8, 2012

tamed

he tread timidly along her murderous curves,
slipping into the fiery crevice, never to be seen again

Monday, August 6, 2012

high

the whore
wondered why
interested       the
                           man
          wasn’t


          and
    lap
he rather          her
put his head on
rested

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Play..

"relieve
my shadow", pleaded
the man to
his lord
slowly
stretching
out his hand 
to extinguish
the only
lamp still
burning in
the room.

"your sympathy
is irrational", thundered
the lord
cracking a
whip on his
beloved subject's
hand,
fearing
to let go
the sole
endorser of
the game of
existence

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

home

“there is a little part of me I own”, said
the young girl
“why justify”, asked
the boy
“you smirked”, said
the girl
“because I couldn’t, the part you don’t”, said
the man

smoke

i run
around
in circles,
said
the dog,
marking
virgin
spaces

but what
can i
own now?
asked
the dog,
circles,
i said
circles,
circles,
circles,
until
you
disappear

Monday, July 23, 2012

the brewing storm

“do you trust me?”, asked
the woman
“why bother?” retorted
the man
“for I am a figment of your imagination”, said
the woman

Saturday, July 21, 2012

attempt #1

         do
        burn
    her     with
      the   lit
       candle
          or
       smash
     my head
      with the
   candlestick
   that proudly
   embraces it.
   instead,why
   not kill two
    birds with
    one stone

Friday, July 20, 2012

ruthless child

blink and walk
over the blurring lines
of her soul
led by the thoughts
in your head

no strings need
be attached
for they will not
survive the emptiness
of the emotion
tucked away in
the corner of her
naked eye

blink and run
around the boundaries
of her existence
defined by the
spirit that owns you

no strings need
be attached
for even they will not
survive the emptiness
of the emotion
tucked away in
the corner of your
naked eye

blink and kill...

Thursday, July 12, 2012

let it flip

tying the rope around his neck
to the iron pole cemented to the ground
he sat on the edge of his bed
under starry skies
all night

day came and then came night
as he continued to sit there

waiting for his world
to turn upside down

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

The Old Whore

he ran his hand
over the moist piece of cloth
dressing the cot
as his fingers read
every movement of hers
through the uncanny contours
of the spread
feeling the dents
of her body pressing deeper
with each subsequent thrust
breeding contempt
for she came cheap
had he been there
he would have laughed

Monday, May 28, 2012

Bubbles

A child blows bubbles
dipping a bent wire
in a can of soapy water
and watches them
flow with the wind, unperturbed
about their destination

Along the way
they disappear
conceding to the wind
and people's restless fingers

the two finally left
one tiny, but tight
the other,
big and pretty loose
are the ones that
draw the child's attention
as he waits for them to quench
his quest for life

Pop!

Sunday, May 27, 2012

Doodle Bug

keep an eye on the pencil
as it moves around
on a tiny chit, hastily torn
scratching the surface
in short circular motions
boring the ones
incapable to grasp
the suffocation of spaces, defined
captivating the ones, ridiculously
waiting for it to burn a hole,
or simply fall off the rugged surface

Sunday, May 20, 2012

divine comedy


her toes curl around
in anticipation of his warmth
the beat of his racing pulse
punches holes in her heart
bringing him closer through her eyes
her arms wrapped around
in the rungs of knowing him
a part within her begins to rust
the mirror, on the ceiling, shatters
to multiply his existence
gathering the tiny pieces of him
her lips bleed
as she lets go of her divinity

Thursday, March 8, 2012

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Unlearn


Back then, being schooled
I enthusiastically hogged on letters,
Rolled them into words with my tongue,
Swallowed them to form sentences while tripping down my throat,
Till they finally settled down and digested in my stomach.

This, to me they said was growing up.

Now that they say is done,
Am braving indigestion, burping out sentences,
Trying to bite them into words, chew them back in.
So much for trying, I am only puking out letters, not just the ones I had,
Throwing out much more than what I thought I had all these years.

This, to them I say is growing up.


pretty sure the whole concept of mummy kasam came from the egyptians. enna rascala.

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

let the head reside on your palms...scratch through the memories that remain

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

pretty much seem to have grown up on an imagined past...

Monday, September 5, 2011

Sunday, January 30, 2011

the final countdown


pulling the latch up, locking the hollow wooden door,
he drew the curtains on the only window,
and sat on the three legged chair,
pouring another peg of whiskey in his chipped glass,
staring lustfully at the young piece of flesh slithering on the rickety bed,
with hands tied above the head, nipples pointing out,
gagged and blindfolded

and she twisted and puffed vigorously,
each part of her body hurting enough to want to make her revisit the time gone by,
her wounds glistened in the dim yellow light of the bulb,
suspended from the ceiling by a loose wire,
her lips bled profusely,
staining in patterns the plain white sheet spread over the bed.

he smiled devilishly looking at her,
her helplessness satisfying his urge to humiliate her,
for her deeds, pathetically uncalled for,
every drop of her blood reminding him of her atrocious behaviour,
behaviour he had repeatedly warned her against.

she flapped her legs, exposing her vulnerabilities,
ignoring the battered piece of clothing that lay besides her,
hell bent on cutting lose,
tears rolled down her bloodshot eyes,
from the pain she wished she had never known.

they could now hear the footsteps outside,
faintly approaching towards their shack,
she went silent to catch every possible movement,
while he was prepared to keep up with his routine,
in hope to relieve her from the state of despair,
calculating silently the time he had left with him...

Sunday, December 26, 2010

Resolve

Normal, like most things, is a subjective standard. The whole notion of a thing being normal or not is based on conformity to a certain benchmark thought process which the majority comes to identify as being the usual order of things. Normal, hence, is not one standard benchmark that everybody can, or should, follow. For each person, it is something that depends on his/her perception, on experience, on habit, and on more than anything else, desire and the ability to reason and being true to oneself.

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

new letters in red ribbons...

and she sat there, unaware,
as he moved around,
nonchalantly with his eyes.
Her lips, twitched.
His words stuttered out.
Abruptly.
Absurdly.
Sense, lacking;
rhythm missing completely.

His eyes did finally deceive.
Then,
it hit her.

He cannot, not love her…

Saturday, March 13, 2010

Notes to myself # 3

On the penultimate floor of her skyscraper
curled up on the window sill, she sits,
knees pulled back to her chest,
staring out, contemplating…
Tossing a coin off the window,
waiting for it to shatter the silence of the desolate street beneath,
clogging her ears,
she bursts out, screaming…
Moments later,
with the coin tingling restlessly still,
a blind rag picker comes in wandering,
poking his stick around,
he steps casually on the coin,
and walks past the building…
The coin, feeling restive, now lies lifeless on the path,
just to be stalked by her, thoroughly…

Sunday, January 24, 2010

Notes to myself #2

He stood at the edge of the cliff,

feet sliding through

whistle at the rear

He puffed, he panted

as he ran down the dimly lit road

bent at the end

the end ran faster than him

He held on

as raindrops fell

on his forehead

rippling emotions surged past

masking the agony in his smile

as alms and coins he compiled

he gathered

fragments of a smile from within

and tossed it into her empty heart


unpacking the burden of hers

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

old letters in red ribbons...

Draining half burnt pages in ink,

an old, broken pen he held

in his trembling fingers drenched in black,

sifting through scores of sheets,

overwriting letters repeatedly,

agitatedly forming those words

irrelevant in their meaning,

sentences intended to create a design then,

losing relevance with each passing stroke,

emotions transcended through

the nerves in his spine

to the tip of his left hand,

as the middle finger of his right

dripped profusely of red,

and finally he lay there in peace

for he had lived those memories

through the moments they were the best…

Monday, September 7, 2009

...

So it trickled down his face, washing away years of repugnance and pain.

Notes to myself #1

He switched the sun off,

Wore his glasses,

A faint effort to hide what he got,

darkness within.

He set out on the path he had been before

The path, pebbled

Had returned then with a battered soul,

Lost spirit

Sitting on a new milestone

with a sheet of paper, torn,

a pencil, broken,

he began to write

a new story with a new end.

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Ting!

Not a lot of people have realized this yet but now that everyone is trying to be outside the box, being inside it might just be an out of the box choice.

Thursday, April 2, 2009

Rekindling, they called it.

She slept with me out of sheer guilt while I was still searching for love. 

Monday, March 30, 2009

Murphy's Law

I never had a slice of bread, particularly large and wide, that did not fall upon the floor, and always on the buttered side.

Friday, March 20, 2009

, . , . ,

~add all the jazz you want to around these lines~

I am finally getting ready, for you to break
I am finally getting ready for you, to break 
I am finally getting ready for you, to break

~I live in a world where no two lines mean the same~

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

...

For me images die as soon as they slip out of my mind, out into the open...Rarely do they not..

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

A New End

He sat on the beach with the waves washing his feet every time they came rushing ahead. He wasn’t in the perfect state, slightly drunk, perfectly in his senses though. It was quite strange that he was alone there. He had never pictured himself this way, ever. But now was different. He was unguarded for once and just had to go on with it. A voice echoed in his ears, getting louder by the second. For the first time in months, it was more than just noise to him, waiting for him to unclog his ears, to let it in, to at least try and understand her. He chose to ignore still, pushing the buds deeper in, it seemed. It wasn’t for her that he was doing it, it was for him. He knew it would ruin what he had, for him it was golden. His feet were sinking deeper into the wet sand, he didn’t even seem to care, realize even. He casually digged into his pocket, it was his last stick. He had gone a little overboard with them last night; more than a couple of packs, still this was special. It being the last of the lot made, maybe. He lit it up with his lighter, a gift from a friend. He placed his priceless possession on his lap softly and held the lit stick right in front of his eyes. It gave him a sense of immense pleasure to just watch it burn out, go down into ashes. The waves with their sheer cruelty were washing away the proof of its existence. He hated it for he loved watching the ashes settle on the floor, every time forming a different yet intriguing pattern. He had always believed that the least they deserved was a mark of their own, had struggled enough to provide him with all his highs. A forgotten existence is what he had always feared, be it whatever. But here he had no choice. The water was hell bent on his task. He stubbed the stick half way through, for the insult for him was unbearable. He buried the piece in the depression of his left foot, he owed it that. As he got up from his place the lighter fell off his lap. He picked it up, wiped it off the sand, held it carefully in his right palm for a brief moment and then in a fierce burst of emotion threw it into the Sea, as far as he could. A tear trickled down his eye, a smile escaped his lips. He knew at once, it was the beginning of a new end.

Monday, March 16, 2009

...

My molten state is being poured into a glass vessel.
I am finally getting ready for you to break.

Sunday, March 15, 2009

Two of a kind

One of those last winter evenings..
his version against her
They fought!
racing thoughts
pacing words
sharp tongue
heavy breath..
in hope of a soothing touch...
Sudden silence caught the air...

felt yellow
damp pillow
plenty lies
sullen eyes

The annoying silence still prolonged..
Alan Parson playing in the background.
"Two of a kind...Silence and I....We'll find a way to work it out"

What was she thinking
SMS?
A new dress
Lasagna!
Still crying
Pictures
A camera
Life should have moved on
Sobbing
Why did he still love her??

She spoke
As about to choke
Incomprehensible, this time, but never
She couldn’t see them together..ever

Was she the same girl he knew?
He played the song louder this time...
this time to himself
"Two of a kind...Silence and I...We need a chance to talk things over".

-I owe this one to you, Lavina.

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

...

When I had her, I let her go. 
She came back once. 
.
I tried to test her too often.

Friday, February 20, 2009

killing Me softly

Through the murky corridor,

brushing aside the webs,

he totters along; injured.

The pain, blood oozing out.

The scars, darkened, neglected,

screaming for attention;

skin, peeling off.

The journey begins again.

A knife, broken, blunt at the edge,

held tightly in his hand.

Intent,  a score to settle.

Pressing it deeper, an inch a time.

Slower the penetration,

a prospect to experience;

thicker the stream of blood,

faster, it is over.   

-

He does not feel alive till he kills himself...slowly...each day...  

Thursday, November 20, 2008

J.I.L.L.

Still simmering underneath, a craving.

Hear me out, I plead.

Reminiscing of times bygone.

Everlasting memories soak my head.

You think it is over.

An eternity I leave.

Saturday, November 15, 2008

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Blip!!

Nolan checks out Ghajini, turns to aamir...

(hisses)

" arrre youuu SERIOUS?? "

*Bursts a pumpkin on his Head*

Histrionica

A room, pitch dark
Silence, deafening.
Stand there, elevated.
Feel the moment.
Are you a part yet?

A crowded lane, sun belting down,
Noise, deafening.
Take the centre, elevated.
Eyes closed, arms raised.
Are you a part, yet?

Set, capture, the essence
Get involved, manipulate,
In a manner, polished or raw; untamed.
Are you a part? Yet...

Celebrate, pure excellence.
For it is not a part of our life,
it is...
our life...

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Puch Puch Phoo!!

A room, a blend of brightest possible reds and yellows.

A bed, in centre, soft and fluffy, cushions all over.

A wall, full of classics, posters.

Another, for graffiti, insane, untamed.

A few racks, hell lot of music and movies and books.

A corner, a bean bag, lamp on top.

---

A house, I always dream of.

A home, only you can turn it into.

Thursday, October 2, 2008

Hall Of Shame II

Robert Frost says....

The woods are lovely, dark and deep, 
but I have promises to keep, 
and miles to go before I sleep, 
and miles to go before I sleep.

I say, 

His shit is smelly, dark and deep,
but I have 75 percent attendence to keep, 
and miles to go before i reach, 
and miles to go before I reach. 

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

...

The point here is not to let people understand but to make them want to understand...

Sunday, September 28, 2008

Monday, September 22, 2008

...

Am back to being the joker.

Just that this time, for them, I am the joker...

Sunday, September 14, 2008

Hall Of Shame

We don't need no stinking bedroom,
We don't need no Potter soul.
No potti shotti in the bathroom,
Mogli, leave us kids alone
(Hey MOGLII!! Leave us kids alone)
All in all you're just another poop on the wall;
All in all you're just another poop on the wall.

Friday, September 5, 2008

Thursday, August 21, 2008

....

Innumerable people, opinions galore
not even a hint of credibility...

Monday, August 4, 2008

another tin in the bin...

The wall, the place to be…a spectator to

times captured in frames, cracked glass covers,

smiles twitched the wrong way at the ends,

fingers crossed, men double crossed.

Ticking past offers a glimmer of hope,

its face constantly being smothered with chalk,

the one used to write on slates,

but can be dusted off at one’s own whim,

offering the swords the opportunity

to sweep the dust off,

forth and back, forth and back,

of histories of time, of destiny.

There, yet not.

Done, is not.

A little step forward, the path ambiguous,

two steps back, past captured entirely.

Illusions galore, a menacing situation to be,

haunted by things that ought not to be.

...

Why can’t we move beyond our histories?
We always take one little step forward to be forced to take two steps back….

Sunday, June 22, 2008

Burp...

Fortune Cookie : You will be the centre of attraction today.

*Reads*

*Smiles*

*Enters client's office*

*Farts*

Saturday, June 21, 2008

.

It's all been said and done before.
But somehow it has still not ceased to affect me.

Thursday, June 19, 2008

Once a Flame

Slamming intense feeling
My heart pounds through a wall of
Broken glass.
Shattered words stutter out
Unheard, unheard, unheard.
Unheard
By the only one I know with ears.

Brick by brick
My paved road falls out
From under my feet
Leaving me suspended

I hear echoes of your name
Spoken by different voices
Penetrating through the dark
Through my mind

A million mazes lead me through
Scene after scene
Of blurred faces and muffled tones.

My skin feels your touch-
And his, and hers and theirs.

And ours

I am led through a burning flame
of smokeless fire.

I close my eyes and open up my heart

To you.

I am just ashes of a forgotten existence
Burned away

A lingering feeling of warmth…