A Fleeting Moment

On a calm and weary afternoon

I saw her from my seat in a running bus,

she, her back turned to the busy street,

and she about to enter the coffee shop.

A humble placard at the entrance said,

as if an invisible entity was saying there,

"Come in, we are open"

In a flash of a moment our vibes matched,

a warm afternoon, a weary girl,

she in need of a coffee,

I in a hurry to reach home.

And everything rolled

into a fugue, some notes were playing on piano,

Informal, cordial, intriguing, sweet.

Sushama Karnik.

 

György Fülöp

nserpdtooS23A u2a317602829ucl36t939162m 4iuu940c6sm28208ic,g  · 

Door-handles Speak

Door Handles

Glass, mortise, pine

door handles for all kinds.

Door handles to shine

in a world that has no place

for grime and dusty shoes and hungry dogs.

Door handles to proclaim your status and declare your might

to the lowly men in dirty collars.

Door handles to secure your place on earth so long as you are here as overlords

of treacherous empires

gloating and oozing in the glamour of your dubious opulence.

Door handles as leverages for cronies and stooges

Door handles that scare and keep off the multitudes grieving,

Door handles that hide alarms which go off

at the touch of a stupid armed robber who will dare to attack and try

to break the door open.

Door handles that will set off an alarm loud and clear

while you are able to sleep on your king-size beds without the help of a tranquilizer--

We manufacture them all.

'Dirty Hands Off'

Sushama Karnik

2014

All reactions:

24Michal Vörös, Zolabani Zolabani and 22 others