December 15, 2006

At work

Lift me up
Lift me up

Hysterical laughter
rankled into plaintive
complaints.

Hair -
half let loose
half tied up
thoroughly.

Floor parties.

oh la la la la

Reasons for sanity
quietly slipping away.

Sly love.

Frittering curtain music.
Car horns and duststorms
frozen outside the window.

Abrupt entrances on the roof
of clandestine talks.

oh la la la la

Time running away from
my hair -
half let loose
half tied up
thoroughly.

Invisible husbands
fiances and lovers.

Tea with issues.
Issues with tea.

oh la la la la

Rants in the loo,
problems,
sizzling conversations,
three month old babies,
sinful chocolate treat.

laughter
cake powder
babble
steady murmur
of keyboards

short distance
phone calls
silent smiles
clandestine mischief

oh la la la la

lunches
dinners
sharing a room
sharing lives

twinkle twinkle little star
in a kid voice
music - violins
talk drums
past memories
arbit sketches

oh la la la la

Leaving

Lift me up
Lift me up

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Note : Lift Me Up is a song by Moby.

2 comments:

  1. taking nothin away from your writing capabilities of which i am an admirer...i couldn't get this piece :D...lol...though some parts resonate wid my present college life

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  2. @ Desperado : For me to explain it, i'd have to write you a longish mail! I think only a couple of my office colleagues can get the whole thing! So its absolutely alright if you dont :) A mail will be waiting in your mailbox by monday revealing all :)

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