CAPARISONED ELEPHANT TURNS PANCHAYAT
The start-stop urgencies of escapade, faced like grandpa's wrath, deafening uproar of waterfall; abrasive aunt typifies her nose turn with demon fumes of derision like black ash that oozes up a lit snake pill tablet. Uncle exercises whip lashes forming arcs on her cream skin soft as the inside hood cushion of Nagalinga flowers. "I'll never forgive these flights to the back of beyond," grandma says. I tight-shut my eyes and shoot a prayer Every flick the bamboo shoot blandishes. Stretched afternoons on tar road like squares drawn for hop-scotch. I am making child remedies of hibiscus petals, juice of crushed little yellow flowers of `grandpa's beard fame'; pop, pop, snap, I am cooling your contused bruises with this concoction, wanting wanting to protect you from human species waiting waiting with nails and teeth, as if to spur you to violence. Of seething Shiva made shantam with cooled oil, your madness teased with medicinal herbs, nevertheless we relax our feet in this continuous trance. At night your body like a spread sheet cancels the interim pain, stars against bruises. Sivakami Velliangiri. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/yqIolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -- You are encouraged to post poetry, respond critically to the poems circulated and participate in discussions. To post, email your message to [email protected] OR post online at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/post/ Tell friends to subscribe to ZESTPoets by sending a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED], OR, if they have a Yahoo! ID, by visiting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/join/ ---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/
