amen!
On Sat, 25 Jun 2005 ravishankar c wrote :
>eeks
>
>may life after life be
>a mere figment of imagination,
>an unwished for wish,
>a lie.
>
>into things wooden
>lets not bite,
>mayn't you, me or any zestpoet,
>be ever born
>a termite.
>
>may there always be,
>golden fries n crust,
>to go with the beer,
>instead of sawdust.
>
>amen
>
>regards
>
>
>--- jane bhandari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Thanks Devika, that is also one of my favourites for several reasons.
> >
> > I have been quiet lately due to carpentry and painting occasioned by the fact that next-door's
> > termites have been using me as a fast-food joint. This has led to a poem (?) in the style of
> > Ogden Nash...more of an outburst, really. A performance poem.
> >
> >
> > FEEDING TERMITES
> >
> >
> >
> > I should have heard the clatter of tiny knives and forks,
> >
> > The chatter of feasting termites in my walls,
> >
> > Seen the fine dust falling, the pictures consumed,
> >
> > The daylight-excluding tunnels across the floor.
> >
> > But I was away: in my absence, they made merry,
> >
> > Could they have got at it, I swear, my liquor
> >
> > Would have made their dinners more convivial.
> >
> >
> >
> > What was worse was that they did not stay :
> >
> > Like Irish beggars, they came, they munched,
> >
> > And ran away. They lived with my neighbour,
> >
> > And raided through the cracks in the wall
> >
> > (Relics of an earthquake), retreating
> >
> > With tummies full, clutching yet more booty.
> >
> > I returned, and found devastation.
> >
> > I moved edible pictures and books, hung plates,
> >
> > Put glass shelves and brass instead.
> >
> > But I know they lie in wait. Somewhere in the ceiling
> >
> > Are hungry cohorts.
> >
> >
> >
> > Tomorrow men will come
> >
> > With deadly spray and lethal injection: this is death row,
> >
> > This is my private Holocaust: bloated wrigglers
> >
> > Will fall out of the cracks, and die - and I,
> >
> > With vindictive glee, will consign their lifeless bodies
> >
> > To the trash-bin, without a prayer.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > No apologies!
> >
> > Jane
> >
> >
> >
> >
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