Poem is the thirst of the poet

Sakuntala was not as much a beauty.

Poet Kalidasa made her so.

He did it to show his mettle

And thirst in his Sakuntalam

01.12.2001

Classical one is everlasting

Classical singers go begging.

Film vocalists flourish.

Hard-coated seeds never die,

Though late and slow in sprouts.

Shakespeare is poorly read

but is read over generations.

01.12.2001

Over all health

Rotate each ankle of your body.

Stretch on either side of your parts.

Do Hatha Yoga for glands.

Breathe in and out for lungs.

Jump and skip for stamina.

Massage for skin.

Shrink your anus and penis

(The way you do

when you want to retain

the stools and urine)

to activate gonad glands.

30.11.2001

Benign neglect

The old lady breathed her last,

Alone and lonely,

With her children elsewhere,

Who minded their own business.

They all worship her

On every death anniversary,

Weeping over their benign neglect.

No use. She is not there to see.

30.11.2001

The aged wife is indispensable

With drooping chin,

depleted breasts,

lustreless skin,

an aged wife is indispensable,

more than she as young wife,

to her husband,

who has lost all his best

and now is at her mercy.

30.11.2001

Fashion

Fashion is cyclic.

It is the one that replaces the present

with a previous one.

The oldest become newer than the new.

30.11.2001