DYING LIGHT

Shrieking in the sea
my knotted self
the lines on the palms

spiders' network
gelaming with corpses
that have no face

yet their funeral
mirrors the eyes
waving with dying light


--R.K.SINGH

PAPER DEITY

In the alcove
burning spiders' net:
paper deity


--R.K.SINGH

MEDITATION BITE

Skinny mosquitoes
circle the young yogin:
meditation bite

--R.K.SINGH

DEPARTURE LOUNGE

Escapes the heat
in the departure lounge:
now boarding


--R.K.SINGH

PICNIC

Picnickers boat
on the edge of Maithon lake
dropping litter


--R.K.SINGH

SLEEPING BRAIN

Stretches his arms
and wiggles the toes in bed:
sleeping brain


--R.K.SINGH

DEATH IN DREAM

The body that died
and the body that quivered
with menstruation
is me in dream fear and hope
shake love to light the flame

stir the time static
for decades crippled impulses
fleshed as my daughter
touch the psychic memory:
I re-live the bliss through death


--R.K.SINGH