FOUR TANKA
-
Ram Krishna Singh (India)
1
dining table
resting place for the dust
my mind emits
before her third eye opens
I switch on the AC
2
a one-eyed woman
the window curtain shakes
nightly stillness
veronal dread in hell
breeches itch in half-sleep
3
can’t tackle big beasts
and the sheeple that snigger
candle procession:
read silent tears on the cheeks
of the mother of the lynched
4
in the white of night
sighs for supreme delight
steal tender pleasure
manipulating wetness
in bed unmask simple sin
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