These Dragging Lifetimes

I wish there had beenA faster time than timeTo experience in one goWhat all I have to experienceIn these hours … More

Safarnama

What has this journey been all aboutMuch ado about nothing? Oh, oh…The restlessness that still persistsThe mind and heart never … More

“The moment has passed,”Says she to himIn that Netflix serial. But does a moment ever passTo never return again?Ain’t life … More

A friend writes:But as yesterday I saw The OdysseyIt’s “going back“ at any costTo live at any cost. To “live … More

This talk of mind and heartIs of course well and goodThis talk of feelings and emotionsReason and the bull-dozing logicBut, … More

This life, O, this lifeThat none can claim to understandNor can I lay such a claim to itThough some do … More

Am I melancholic?A few people keep saying I amMaybe better a melancholicThan an alcoholicBut seriously, what’s the problemWhy this constant … More

What a shitty enterprise this life isWe cannot get any more foolishWhere we try and understandThe Heraclitean flux of this … More

Sensible and practicalAs it would seem(As it may be)To the scientist and usTo ferret out the “causes”Of this and thatOf … More

Unease is smothered by the smoochesFire is extinguished by the intimacyDiscontent is talked away sweetlyNumbs away all the pains in … More