Author: drmksingh@gmail.com
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Moon
pale glowing face of the full orbed beauty playing hide-n-seek between clouds and trees. ocean, mad in love surging towards her, shores fail to stop the rising tide of seas. her milky white rays remind me of you my heart leaps out of me how can I be at ease.
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Closer
looking at theflickering pale glowof the earthen lamp………Afsaan sawa deathly darknessall around her………….but the coming dawnshe dreadedeven more………closer to the gallowsAfzal will beas the oil burnt……
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Magic
abracadabra……………wand turns into roses..applause………………….abracadabra…………………….ball turns into pigeon…applause………………..abracadabra…………….brings out a rabbit from empty hat..more applause……………..the man in tattered robesbows before the motley crowd.his son takes the hat aroundthe crowd is gone……..not a single pennyfor his road-side show..papa I’m hungry…..he digs into his pocket.nothing comes out…papa give me some breadsorry son we don’t have money today.then why…
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Rain
Far beyond the river I can see clouds, black, roaring, whirling, talking to the hills. pouring their heart on the Cedar trees. Through the window I can see streams rapid, gushing, swirling, meeting and separating puddles and runnels, drenching dry earth. The cold misty wind the earthy wet smell takes me to the yore in…
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Twist
His red Maruti was moving slowly towards the multiplex.His heart was beating fast.There were sweat drops on his forehead, which he wiped with his hands.The place was crowded, it always is on Saturdays.It took him more than ten minutes to reach the basement parking.He lit a cigarette and waited inside the car till the parking…
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Fear
deathly dark moonless nightalone I was groping for light far someone howled and hissed one beat or two my heart missed mouth got parched and lips dry no voice came i wanted to cry trembling wet and cold my hand legs didn’t move buried in sand touch of death the chilly air froze me shivering…