MYNAH

Wings of a mynah
flutter over the water
in an earthen pot

--R.K.SINGH

RISING THRILL

A chocolate box
and a pile of condoms
beside the phone:
I smell the rising thrill
the body swirls, the bones breathe


--R.K.SINGH

LEAVING

Transparent
in her one-piece dress
she tiptoes
to wave at the window
but can't see him leaving

--R.K.SINGH

WAITING

No one gives her
what she needs after a day's
hard work in lab--
a lover, a good night's sleep
and it passes again, waiting


--R.K.SINGH

WISP OF MEMORY

I stopped having dreams
she doesn't visit me in my sleep

there's no love making
nor the night of her first meeting

time seems to collapse
I can't breathe for two any more

with forced libido
I can't sense beyond the body

the rain on the jetty
resounds a wisp of memory


--R.K.SINGH

GOD AN EMPTY WORD

Plodding away
at season's conspiracies
life has proved untrue
with God an empty word
and prayers helpless cries


--R.K.SINGH

Holi Excess

Love runs awry
in the name of Holi
yields to revelry
of color and sex:
they excuses all excess


--R.K.SINGH