Diary of unmentionably dullhttp://unmentionablydull.rediffiland.com/Diary of unmentionably dullen-usFading AwayIn the beginning

A single voice

And the light and shade

Played naked

Ruinous games

In torrid dampness

And sweat!

Far away from the cicadas

I lay down

Myself

On the marbled floor

Gasping-

The touch of ice flakes!

Time

Once again

Had fled-

Memories in their rhythmic walk

Ebbed

And the stars

Closed in

On my lake!

Sunrise-

I am dead!

]]>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:05:53 +0530http://unmentionablydull.rediffiland.com/blogs/2008/04/09/Fading-Away-1.htmlUntruthI asked you
As I played -

Your head nestled
On my chest
And I stared
At the eyes, whose voids
Made a patterned snare
Was it Venus at her best?
I asked you
As you peeped
And you murmured
Squirming
In sweetness
Like always
Or may be
You put me to the test
Tangled at last
In the transparent cords
Tendrils and fingers spoke
Softly in a tryst
I always believe you
Knowing some words
You speak
Are true
And because
Only half of my lies
Are untrue
As much as a laced web
Without threads!

]]>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:35:44 +0530http://unmentionablydull.rediffiland.com/blogs/2008/04/08/Untruth-1.htmlFalse Promise

Sometimes I drive by her lane
And ask her to hop in and chat-
She stares hard at me and yells
Shoo- you aint getting that,
But yes, she is my friend,
Also that I must make some amends!

Sometimes ago she had climbed in
Into the car, admiring my things,
And did that too, you know what
When I asked, happily she said yes,
She liked to be with her friends
But my car was a thing she always

Craved to be in, for she stood
At the corner, forever waiting
Looking for someone to do it good
For this, and more of that thing
Every time at the back of the car
I guess I had to take her a bit too far-

I guess she had taken a fancy to me
My waving at her, and she was happy
Obligingly she would get into the car
Asking to be driven quite far
Leaning into each other, of ecstasy
And that glint of desire I could see-

You know my car is usually dirty
She would stare at the dirty mess
She would clean it up, and the popcorn
Made me a little full of happiness
And snuggle closer, without preamble, before long
And she sang sometimes, a dreamy song

And then one day, as I passed her by,
Not really meaning that, not really knowing why
I looked away and did not wave, I never cared
I knew she looked my way and hard she stared
With a bit of the tears I had never seen
It was just that my car was new and clean!

So now, when I drive by her lane
And ask her to hop in and chat-
She stares hard at me and yells
Shoo- you aint getting that,
But yes, she is my friend,
And also that I must make some amends!
]]>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:50:49 +0530http://unmentionablydull.rediffiland.com/blogs/2008/04/07/False-Promise-1.htmlAged Urchins


Urchin Land

Between here and nowhere

Through the land of the coal rich terrain

The urchins ran in

Wherever it was, the train had stopped-

And there she came

A young leader

Hardly dressed

Transiting between

Child and woman

And her band

Three siblings, perhaps

And they sang their toneless song

Spread their hands

And danced to Bidi Jalaile!

And the gents

Baring their teeth

Grinned-

Her dress had holes

And torn patches showed

Anatomical details

And how the black dust

On her feet

And dirty hair

Called for lust

In the eyes of the traveling males

So I puffed away,

Dazed

The pennies given,

The eyes knew

What they wanted

The urchins stood ground

And the guard

And the engine blew

Whistles of jeer

All aboard

The sad girl stared

Darkness came

And the men continued their card game

One club

One heart

Three no trumps

And they all thought of the thighs-

And the hand pump

They left behind

On the platform!

"Bidi Jalaile" is a Hindi song- lustily sung in a throaty voice, by hip-swinging females on stage; bidi means a native rolled leaf cigarette like thing, and implies you have put me on fire- jalai+lay means exactly that!

]]>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:09:08 +0530http://unmentionablydull.rediffiland.com/blogs/2008/04/02/Aged-Urchins-4.htmlLion King

Salty Dreams

Aged lions hunt for prey

If they could

But they seek the contact lenses lost

In coitus, and abusing hard

Roar at the stars!

They are indeed desperate

Seeking the carcasses of felines

With split dresses, seeking ingress

Into flesh, toothless. They cannot

Tear anything as strong

On fire, and not caring either-

Well, lion, tonight you may squabble a bit

In your den, in your harem

Some old lioness may wash you

In tenderness,

Soaping and rinsing your mane

In the cage-

We have many things to do tonight

Benign inverted images

Hung like mirages in the desert

And lions, long dead!

Remember the nights

Of emptiness- of youth

On a hot tin roof

Hot on the trail

Of his lioness

Lithe, young and snarling

Tempting, swaying

Baroque, brazen

And now he,

The aging patriarch

Just a year

Until death!

]]>Sun, 30 Mar 2008 23:10:31 +0530http://unmentionablydull.rediffiland.com/blogs/2008/03/30/Lion-King-2.htmlUnmentionlable Story

Tidbits

During the chat

With an unduly worried Dad

Told there was no more tit for Tat

Said I

You mean Tat got no tit!

Sad hungry kid may throw a fit.

Said he-

When she got hurt- how hard he bit

Me the father was angry

Was he teething?

I guessed

He sent a writ that

His wife was bitten by his stupid brat

Itsy bitsy titsy bad kid

And you could see

He had yelled -Leave that tit alone son-

Why don't you simplify your fun?

Because it has been bit of your stupid wit

Because that bitten tit

Will drive any Momma out of her wit

And outside the home I shall make you sit

Or may be just swat

On your baby bums, no Tat?

Why you wailing Baby Tat

You stupid stupid bawling bat

A tit is not meant to be it

Abused by a brat and made unfit

Have you got that?

So Tat wails more a bit

And his Poppa is crazed a bit

His ass on fire

He rages and rages and seemingly cannot tire

Mother also has her painful ire

She is crying a bit

And is about to throw a fit

For Tat's teeth

Have made her seethe!

In the end we know

Tats will always throw a fit

If unable to try their teeth on it

]]>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:53:35 +0530http://unmentionablydull.rediffiland.com/blogs/2008/03/27/Unmentionlable-Story-1.htmlGuileless Siren

Promises

Daylight dreams of the guileless siren

Came in riding the sunbeam train

She was a bit underdressed

Hair wind tossed and messed

And the dream said ride me

Take me.

This is you ticket to Utopia

Change into your favorite mania

The guileless siren pirouetted

The throbs rose and abetted

The diaphanous sight

Whispered in delight

Shimmered a bit translucently

In the dusty sunlit room mildly

And the guileless one

Slowly sung her song

This is you ticket to Utopia

Change into your favorite mania

Afterthought

She asked me if I would notice her again

As she was walking in the summer rain

Her, an angel, animated and yet lifeless

Could I not, I said to the siren in distress

In her absence, the nightmares

Drive into my mind, always without a care

And even as I stare

Into the morning glare

What troubles us, I ask

Hidden in our dreamy mask

The guileless siren

Once now, and once again?

]]>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:12:03 +0530http://unmentionablydull.rediffiland.com/blogs/2008/03/19/Guileless-Siren-1.htmlDear Lord!Someone complained of an unusual thing! I was amazed- and I could only advise her to pray!

Believing in the power of prayer, I ask you to please fold your hands, wrap something around, to hang a clove of garlic around your necks, and pray for her too! Let's begi...

Oh no, I spy- she is here.. run!

Dear Lord

I just know my neighbor

And I hate her ardor

When she hugs

She bugs

For my neighbor

Is les

Les, in short

Is not a sport

I can't say I have less of Les

Or Les is any less

Les needs her les

So now there is too less

Because

Just one of Les

Is one less

But I am her victim

My future is dim

I have too much

The truth is such

That there is an excess

Of Les

And my hubby

Hears no less

Of Les

He is old

And he is a lech

So it is Les and Lech

More or Less

Thank You for the mess

Les You may bless

Lech You may bless

And me,

Please God

I want less of Les!

God Bless!

]]>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:13:35 +0530http://unmentionablydull.rediffiland.com/blogs/2008/03/13/Dear-Lord.htmltitanicCan you hear kenny G?


]]>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:43:36 +0530http://unmentionablydull.rediffiland.com/blogs/2008/03/12/titanic-1.htmlA Short Note on Global WarmingMy dad tells me:

Give a man a fish, and he will eat for a day.
Teach a man to fish, and he will eat for a lifetime.


And so I tell him:

Give a man some fire, and he'll be warm for a night.
Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

]]>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 07:11:51 +0530http://unmentionablydull.rediffiland.com/blogs/2008/03/10/A-Short-Note-on-Global-Warming-1.html