FOSSIL

Exhibit fossil
of a tree trunk in oval:
lingam in the glass


--R.K.SINGH

KISSES

I love her undress
the light with eyes that spring
passion with kisses
she leaves her name again
for my breath to pass through


--R.K.SINGH

STRANGERS

Once so intimate
now uncomfortable strangers
smile at each other
in the party no one says
my name even once


--R.K.SINGH

SPARKS

Waving trees spark
the wires without lightning:
sky in the dog's mouth


--R.K.SINGH

PAIN

With the taste of bitter coffee
still lingering in my mouth
I gaze through the window
drawing in the harsh smell of water
beating on the crowded green

I remember how dreamily
I floated above her body
in the rains like this

but she won't care
now the storm numbs
and nothing lives save
the clouds that drift and squeeze
pimples on the scrotum


--R.K.SINGH

SHIVER OF CHERRY

A mist covers
the valley of her body
leaves memories
like the shiver of cherry
in dreamy January


--R.K.SINGH

CROWDED GREEN

Avoids searching
mushroom in the crowded green--
snake on the fence


--R.K.SINGH

MARKS OF TEETH

Candling in vein
leaves marks of teeth on her neck
utters holiness


--R.K.SINGH

PAIN

Hangs with breath
the knotted pain
in the chest

--R.K.SINGH

KIOSK

Greets no known faces
at the street-corner kiosk--
only folds of night


--R.K.SINGH

SILENCE

Streetlights die
with the onrush of rain--
walking to silence


--R.K.SINGH

SNAKES

Full of silt
the river overflows:
snakes under the waves


--R.K.SINGH