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Satish Verma, 28 may 2014

DRAMA

A fugitive chameleon sits on my window sill
daily, ceding the space horizon to thickness

of delusion; wants to decimate the infamous
rotting image of man, shining everyday in lush

damaging gossips. A perfect imperfection of treachery
to attack the hapless blade of grass who cannot

stand erect in a gale of glory of tall trees.

The star-glint overwhelms a prophet of dust.
A goddess enters the labyrinth of anthologies.

The smile that sets to sail a thousand slogans-
flies from infinity to the branches of flesh.

And the rivals collapse like dark alchemy
without qualms, naked and speechless.

Satish Verma

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Greg, 27 may 2014

Redemption

As death knocks at my front door
I cower behind a computer
Like six bits of shit and vermin
Recoiled by the slightest sting
You come about on the meadow
And send your ennui in to me
Like a deadly syringe
Of monotony and schedule
Of tone deaf laughter
And abominable taste
The lowest disgrace
Of exacted anguish
That relates myself to me
As your lovely face

In my premature ejaculatory phase
I writhed in the sheets of discomfort
And woke up to find the pain
More deeply than I could honor
So I turned unholy
And let the shadows eat my soul
As neurotic complexion
Devouring each and every morsel
Of child hood joy and golden light
Left inside this repugnant soul

I could redeem
But here I shall not

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Gert Strydom, 27 may 2014

A day of rest

(after W.H. Auden)

They had fled from him,
some for their lives from his sight,
had fled from his might
and now it felt only like an interim

as with his bloody big machines
he had turned against himself, trying to destroy his kind
and suddenly there was light that shines
naturally and no sign of him they could find

and it was a day of rest as there had never been
with beauty and tranquillity that went on and on
and they thought that man would never again be seen
that he and his implements were forever gone

but the fun had only just begun when a shot rang out
and a man appeared with a gun, using it clear and loud.

[Reference: “The Sabbath” by W.H. Auden.]

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Gert Strydom, 27 may 2014

As if a kind of darkness hides in every human being

My Lord, my friends, family and acquaintances
are not bad but they are only people
and even our best deeds and conversations
and sometimes our desires and wishes

brings separation with You

as if a kind of darkness hides in every human being
and sometimes it feels as if I do not really fit in
when people want to do things that they do know are wrong
but probably it had been like this when You did dwell upon the earth

and now I ask You to help me to stay constantly true.

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Gert Strydom, 27 may 2014

When love comes into your life (triolet)

When love comes into your life
then it’s something with an own kind of beauty
and love at times even brings peace to strive.
When love comes into your life
there is something great in having a wife
and you are astounded by her and do feel free
When love comes into your life
there are times of sadness and times when you are happy.

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Gert Strydom, 27 may 2014

My Lord, there is something sad

My Lord, there is something sad
that I want to bring to You
and its clear to me
that You do already know of it
and also about it’s extend.

At the theological seminaries of some universities
there are learned people
who want to find You
with pure logic and ancient research

and now there are some of them that do claim
that You did not rise from the grave.

In my simplicity I do wonder my God,
how people try to find you only in their books
and research
while You do stand outside of everything
and Your own words do determine
all things miraculously
outside the scope and limitation
of human science?

Sadly everything comes to an empty nothing
when there is no relationship with You
and the lives of people do end in nihilism.

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Gert Strydom, 27 may 2014

The sun flees confused

The sun flees confused
but you are in my heart
and I am fulfilled this winter
while the winds are howling outside
and you do grow into me
while the clouds blot the sun out,
rain sieves down continually
and you do bless me with enthusiasm,
and of time I do not take any notice.

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Satish Verma, 27 may 2014

THE SAME KIND

Pseudoscrubbing was going on
the scripted drama, words apart.
The tears were denied to him
and the moon slowly made peace on the white
marble of a cult,
and the river had scored a victory.

He was very upset by the absence of
truth. Stupid god did not stand in the
witness box to testify the morality of
man. Genes were deciding the number
of queens. People were still worshipping
a pair of black Najas.

Neanderthal skull marks a step in the
evolution of art. The jaw bone still juts out
to define a mafia don. The slit eyes make
a good pottery class. White poison settles
in the breasts. An ovarian carcinoma
now spreads in bones.

My toes are burning. Cannot walk straight
I am not here. I am not there. I am not anywhere.

Satish Verma

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Aurora, 26 may 2014

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Common sounds,
the commoner common of sound.
Does sound know itself?
Or shall I readdress my silence,

For the words in my head
are filled with passion
that is easily mistaken for violence.

Organising the situation,
to get out of the jail that surrounds
like jonah in the whale
I shall never be found

For the only comfort
is the redemption that has already past
So when the hour has struck at the moons quarter phase, waxing,
that is when you must fast

Like speed in time,
can I tell you a more indepth rhyme?

Riddled with secrets
that only you can read
inside you is the only tree left
the most abundent god seed

Oh let them squawk with beaks that break
for they cannot kill you for meat
and still eat Cow steak.

Bless your beauty
radiant as the one
sun moon let them all swoon
over linguistic fallacies
in this false reality

For it was you that was the shepherd that lived with the sheep
so let them all weep!
Yes let them cry
at the hopless romantic idealism
that one day they might 'die'.

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Aurora, 26 may 2014

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This shall be proficiency at its highest,
So may I introduce myself to your highness
and lend my arm for you to hold
as I take you on your journey
to the moutain of gold

Alas sweet tears may fall
like cold floors they sting
yet relieve my ever envy
that I could not comprehend
your beauty that is neverending

Descending, descending
we embark on a trail so deep
may I feel your succelent lips against mine
To have your soul to finally keep?

Yes I have been waiting
and watching your illumionisty in awe
Why these humans cannot see what I see
Will be a fact about the race that will always allure

Oh treasures cannot be buried
as long as your face surrives
for the passion of the earth shows clearly
in the tears that pierce through your window eyes

Let none see through
that beautiful blue
but reflect all of it back -
reveal nothing that is within you

for you are the power and the glory
and not just another faded story
your name shall stay in grace
without a rememberance of a face

And what was once a fairytale
shall now become real
that is of course if I find you first
before some pirate is to steal

My princess of the nile
My queen of the stars
my wondering angel
That is associated with automatic cars

Oh how little they know!
What walks amongst their shores
A daughter of high esteem
that lives like the common whores

Yet love does not last
in a place of no duality
so let me take you where you belong
and you'll be forever happy in my reality

Come back to me

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DRAMA

Redemption

A day of rest

As if a kind of darkness hides in every human being

When love comes into your life (triolet)

My Lord, there is something sad

The sun flees confused

THE SAME KIND

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