By S.Sarwar Malik
LISTEN:
O’ Reader of this crap.
Thus litanised
My evolved
(- app-driven)
‘Laptopish tongue’, Tonight:
“Pass on that moralistic hammer, if you please,/
Gathering strength within, today, I seize./
To shatter my pen, its purpose malign,/
The rest I’ll manage, this choice is mine.//
(The blade’s at hand,
The blue vein in sight,/
Pulsating, demanding,
On my wrist, its plight.//
You got it ?
OK, I repeat…
Please, spare the moralistic hammer’s strike,/
Gathering strength today, in my might./
I’ll break my pen, its hold to release,/
The rest, I’ll manage, this inner peace.//
(The blade sits near,/
The vein’s soft hum,/
Pulsing, whispering clear,/
On my wrist, to become.)//”
OFF I WALK HAPPILY, NOW/
TO THE AWARDED INFERNO;/
TO EMBRACE
THE SILENCE./
Where is my prosaic quill?/
The dead bark, good for trying The Alphabets,/
is…here.//
B Y E .///
But, wait for a while
One word to the Sir, too,
Before I take the rhyme-less path,
Of my, ‘PEER O MURSHID of yore’ :
YES A QUEER MAN I MIGHT BE/
LET IT BE SO I DON’T CARE/
MY TORSO FACES ON OPPOSITE SIDE/
WHILE /
BUSY ARE PEOPLE USHURING THE/
NEW YEAR IN FESTIVITY/
A PETTY SCRIBE, THAT I AM/
BOW DOWN TO KISS /
THY FEET
MY SIR !
Praying, cure me of this stammer, Master
Hold my shivering hand, please./////
Dedicated to The memory of Milinda Grace,of USA
–From the upcoming novel of the author; Chapter: Writer’s Dead Muse
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