Category Archives: the beauty myth

Palolem affair

The gathering night clutches the folds of her robe as she looks out into the moonless dark… an impregnable roar echoes the anguish, the solitude of the sea * Solitary queen In the high castle she craves distraction there is … Continue reading

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Darbaar Sahib

    you have to peel off religion one translucent skin after another * finding god is drawing blood the knife goes in slowly black, viscous, slimy faith oozes out and then it happens as sudden as thought or sleep … Continue reading

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A love learned

When I saw you first, I felt like Keats who felt like Cortez* I tossed and turned in the clutches of this wild surmise I ran amok in the forest of this dream Your hands were poetry carved word by … Continue reading

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