March 5th, 2006
No One So Much As You
No one so much as you
Loves this my clay,
Or would lament as you
Its dying day.
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Archive for March, 2006
March 4th, 2006
Acrophobia
You look at the reflection in the mirror and smile. What you see pleases you. This is exactly why they all are in awe. Because you have so many avatars. You steal a sly look at the khadi garb that you just removed. Lycra. The feel of the cloth against your skin. Just perfect. For today. You head out into the swarming crowds and up to the towering heights. For a moment the age old fear of the heights More
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Figments, Neha Jhingon
March 2nd, 2006
The Door
I turned sharply and saw the door half-open. I stared. I always, always took care to close the door – I wasn’t allowed to lock it – as tightly as I could. Now there it stood, cutting across the emptiness of my room.
My room.
I own it and no one can trespass.
Except, now, the door was doing exactly that.
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Short stories
March 1st, 2006
Scrabble
We used to pride ourselves
on the words we knew.
The dictionary sat beside us
but was seldom consulted.
I’m amazed when I think now
of how few words we actually used
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