O! The inhumanity of brute vigilantes who know not love but rejoice in their vapid ignorance; pity their lives fulfilled by the thrill of crawling out of the muck of a cretinous existence, making lovers' skins crawl, repelled by the presence, the intrusion of these insects. Laws to banish love from the shores of oceans lest the loveless find offense? What morons could conceive such idiocies?! How ignorant the lawmakers?! Mani Suri
jane bhandari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I went for an evening walk on Marine Drive with an old friend: we were rudely separated by some young vigilantes who objected to middle-aged lovers holding hands. The very long sentence in the second part is deliberate, to create that feeling of making the moment last.... SMOKE If you smell smoke in her hair, will you Think of swept-up leaves burning, sending Blue spires into the morning sky? Or will you remember that she Had just passed the peanut vendor Wafting smoke over his roasted wares To keep them warm, and that this was An evening walk along the seawall When she bought peanuts And stood in the thin smoke While she paid for them, and then Walked on, crunching, and sometimes Offered a few to you in her hand As to a horse, and you longed, longed To kiss her palm, and could only inhale The smell of the smoke in her hair As you walked, because of a bye-law That says you may not kiss, may not sit Facing the sea, may not hold hands, May only walk together, and eat peanuts Slowly, one, or even half at a time, To make them, and this moment, Last a little longer. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Has someone you know been affected by illness or disease? Network for Good is THE place to support health awareness efforts! http://us.click.yahoo.com/rkgkPB/UOnJAA/Zx0JAA/yqIolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Did you get this mail as a forward? Subscribe by sending a blank mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], OR, if you have a Yahoo! ID, by visiting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/join. Members are encouraged to post poetry, their own and others', respond critically to the poems circulated, and participate in discussions. Post via email at [email protected] OR online at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/post. ---theZESTcommunity-------------- [1] ZESTCurrent: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCurrent/ [2] ZESTEconomics: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTEconomics/ [3] ZESTGlobal: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTGlobal/ [4] ZESTMedia: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/ [5] ZESTPoets: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/ [6] ZESTCaste: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/ [7] ZESTAlternative: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTAlternative/ [8] TalkZEST: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkZEST/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
