Wednesday, April 6, 2016

April poem 6: so many distractions


dear blue one,

I ask for you and you laugh.
you laugh some more and send 
orange flavored dark chocolate, pho, pithale, zhunka, movies, 
beef teriyaki, cha siu bao, cheesecake, achaar, movies, 
leafless trees, new leaves on trees, rhododendrons, movies, 
golden champak, tiger lillies, aurum lillies, irises, movies, 
van gogh, klimt, miro, kahlo, rodin, philppe starck, movies, 
larkspurs, blue lotuses, cherry blossoms, dandelions, movies, 
tiny kingfishers, sparrows, lovebirds, eagles in flight, movies, 
laugh lines, eyelashes, tears, snuggling, warm legs, movies,
whatsapp jokes, found poems, swallows, perfect toast, movies,
silly shaped clouds, monsters under my bed, shadows,movies,
sudoku, haiku, maple leaves in the fall, durga puja dhak, movies,
iskcon chants, shambho chants, avalokiteshwara chants, movies,
pinwheels, 99 red balloons, floating lanterns, silk kimonos, movies,
bamboo fountains, tatami houses, kintsukuroi pottery, movies,
shakespeare, tse, yeats, blake, basho, keats, matsuo, movies,
buttons, glitter, unused lipsticks, high heels, bracelets, movies,
dappled afternoons, light rains, craggy mountains, waterfalls, movies.
fountain pens, pretty notebooks, inks, crisp linen kurtas, movies,
sarcasm, giggles, self-deprecating jokes, smiles, winks, movies,
agni, memories of prakrit, makkhansingh...
i am distracted plenty. but i'm stubborn.
you know that, don't you?



  

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