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TEN TANKA POEMS

 


TEN TANKA POEMS

 

-       Ram Krishna Singh (India)

 

lying in sun

on a straw mattress

a nude couple

whisper dreamed-up nest

when their ship comes in

 

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peeping eyes

view the skull

weird videos

deep breathing on the rock

dazed shapes in moving frames

 

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softness dies

in his pressure

much pleasure

melting elements

feed the soul in flesh

 

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giving in to grow

intimacy:

wants no trouble

realizing dream life

on daily basis

 

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lighting—

roaring colours in the sky

red, white, dark

merge into one

fire, water, earth

 

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she gives him the push

when he says sex starving

is a greater sin

than fasting for his long life

or praying to the lingam

 

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after a tiff

lying under the same blanket

two of us stare

the peeping moon and turn

with glee to each other

 

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shaped like a bird

a drop of water lands

on her breast:

my breath jumps to kiss it

before her pelvic flick

 

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a sleeping man

under the tree

awaits a grave

villains in village keep

gaslighting all day

 

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she draws a church

on the back of a leaflet

to resurrect Mary

in whose name she cried for years

and none counted her tears

 

 

 

 

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