….Trapeze……
We do
trapeze a little unusual way
we have
swings that are slippery
and nets to
protect that are slightly-
torn, here
and there and all-over
do you
agree, anyway?
As I walk
through the street, there is a shop on right, they sell flesh. Human flesh!
Wholly and partly, wholly to those fanatics and partly to those who want to
live more, endangering others’. There are many shops, some sell services they
are paid for(already), but still runs their hands to the pockets of those who
are in need. I thought education as a slowly evolving noble way of life where
man reaches a space where no narrow paths remain any longer, but it is being
sold in shops! So it is commodity and so will be jobs. Yes jobs, you need one
to make both ends meet, it’s too, a commodity. So do your trapeze to make a
safe way out.
…..Debate…..
No, never
agree, agreeing is rather boring
its fine
when we discuss and disagree
or disagree
and discuss, every conflicting
ideas and
theologies, life has many degrees,
Why then
stick to one notch and blind,
a wide
panorama?
Yes we
debate on everything under sun every day. Intellectual warfront with
brainstorming word plays greet your grey cells from morning till night. The
starving fools are still starving and whistling pipes are still yearning for
that gush of water. Laws are full proof and committees are hard working to make
amendments. I think we are schizophrenic, we here yell from all-around, no it
is an illusion, here everybody is content and happy and above all safe with cutting edge-technologies.
…..Melodrama….
The more
grey the more scope,
parallels
will fight each other
every other
nuance has a scope
one end is
surely gaining, giants!
They play
background music.
The lesser
parts are in mainstream, fools!
Show goes
on, inevitable.
This drama
is going on and will go on; it gets darker with every passing day. Catharsis! Let
us enjoy the purification process, as it is a mere life size drama. Here joke
comes with teary outfits and no other jokes are allowed.
…Acrobatics….
Should that
be stopped?
Jokes are
not allowed,
Yes I
agree, or not to agree?
Ah, this is
unusual acrobatics,
here we can
keep dilemmas,
the best
part of the show.
Learning
acrobatics is recommended, so that we may not fall on gutters of this road of
life. Dilemma is part of intellectualism. We can accuse our cerebra and undermine
the pricking thorns of reality.
yeah, love this, this just has such beautiful shiny sharp teeth. great diction, great narrative, hyperbolis (sp) and surreal... and i think i know how you feel, here frozen on my tightrope.
ReplyDeletevery well written (this is why i love prose poetry, stuff like this)
you weaved this with such ease and expertise...the wordplay...the nuances...the jibes...awesome write...
ReplyDeleteWow ... you are the Queen of Words, Sreeja ... well done !!!
ReplyDeleteThis is such a dark, deep look at what is really happening in our world now. It seems the whole world, or a lot of is is suffering some type of insanity. Instead of advancing, we seem to be going backwards for all of our new technology.
ReplyDeleteSome gripping imagery and ...Great writing Sreeja!
smiles...yes we have much to learn of acrobatics in this life....really cool piece, i like how you have broken it up, and you know me, i love playing with words so it was right up my alley...smiles.
ReplyDeleteI like the conflict and parallels of dilemmas ....just a little for me, but not too much drama on real life ~ I save that for the tv soap opera ~
ReplyDeleteAn interesting write, Sreeja. Indeed, I think we all need to learn some kind of acrobatics.....mental acrobatics...as we bend and turn our words and form poetry. I liked "dilemma is part of intellectualism" and will have to ponder that a bit!
ReplyDelete"Intellectual warfront with brainstorming word plays greet your grey cells from morning till night."
ReplyDeleteThis is my favorite of your poems so far! The link of grey to grey, the entire circus staging of life--trapeze, debate, melodrama, acrobatics, the foregrounding of dillema, more celebration and rumination than complaint--oh wow, Bravo. I'll re-read this many times.
ha..the show goes on and on...and we trapeze in an unusual way indeed..and somehow hope no one falls off the edge...sharp write sreeja
ReplyDeleteYour use of words like chapter headings works really well here. The stream of consciousness/prose heightens your thematic elements, really drawing me into a state of rumination. I noticed than many poets, in response to this prompt or prose poems they'd written in the past, use questions. It seems to lend itself to questioning in a way poetry doesn't. You bring up a lot of vital and interesting points. I really enjoyed thinking about them and the way you chose to present them, great work!
ReplyDeleteNicely done, sreeja! A clever way of piecing them together and taking a whimsical approach to a serious subject! Wonderful!
ReplyDeleteHank
love the form and the content!!! wonderful write!
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