A Morning in the Woods
A morning in the woodsI wake upTo the pitter patterA hail here, a hail thereOf rain on the tin cabin roofWhile the kids are still asleepAnd...
October 16, 2022
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October 12, 2021
Not so long ago...
Not so long agoI thought it was...climbing those Guava treesOne in the front yardone in the backyardNot so long agoI thought it wasWhen Nanna chopped offCoconut headsAnd I drank out of themwithout a glass or a strawpretending to slurpPalm wine rawNot so long agoI thought it was....When we dug into mangoesHidden under heaps of hayOn Summer Mornings & eveningsOn noons and nightsUnder bedsInside Gunny bags of riceNot so long agoDid we sleep in open airUnder the guava treeon wired cots andOn Terrace topsShooing away mosquitoesand MonkeysNot so long agoI thought it waswhen jasmines adornedmy unruly hairNot so long agoI thought it wasLife just happened...Sitting at my doorstepstaring at the dark...
September 2, 2021
Bathroom Flush, The Boy and his Zombie Mom!
The house was quiet. As if relatives stayed for a whole month and left. It was so silent all of a sudden. Ammu and I looked at each other....
August 2, 2021
Richard Collins!
Richard Collins! The skinny guy. My very first vendor. My teammate. Later my lead, my colleague, boss, a friend, and much more. Rich, your sudden demise has surfaced all the forgotten moments. I know we haven't spoken in many years and we have parted ways, not in the most amicable way...but we haven't had any grudges either. I want to say so many things, so many memories...I want to write them all before I forget...You gave me my first job, a job after a break, a job after the recession. Every time my project ended, you said you would call me back and I would happily relax. When you did not call back and I started to look for a job, you would call out of nowhere. You even gave a job to Sarath...
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