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Poetry

IDOLS

November 10, 2018

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Nitin

I once had a dream that I met my idols

The green light was on their faces

Clearer as daylight, I saw them

Kafka stranded aloof along with his father and the giant vermin on the shore

I felt Kafkaesque surrounding us all

Far away saw Hemingway rowing the boat calling me an old man who is still unsure

Dostoevsky lined up to get shot, smilingly told me, you’re an honest thief one day you will get caught

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Poetry

The Meeting – A Short Poem

May 1, 2018

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Nitin

I sit in these 4 walls

Surrounded by all these big talks, posted on those 4 walls

All is in superlatives, nothing is mediocre

Only mediocrity which follows is the one from the breathing beings, roaming these office corners

I sit upright in the chair, arms rested, all suited, tip-toe till the hair

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Poetry

An act of love

April 25, 2018

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Nitin

I see half of my face

After ages

Unrecognizable

Burnt

Whipped

Submissive

Turned into something ugly

An ugliness of times

A timid reflection of the day and signs

Eye is blood shot

Lips dry, thirsting for tonic

Lines on forehead looking like scattered and torn trenches

Two halves of one face

Flipping coins of pretence

Heads and tale, senseless and stale

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Poetry

साया

March 31, 2018

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Nitin

डरता क्यो है, बंदे

मैं तेरे साथ हूं

अकेला समझ मत अपने आप को

तेरा साया मैं

मैं तेरे साथ हूं

किसने क्या पाया

किसने क्या गवाया

सब इसका उसका, सब पराया

मैं तेरा साया

सोच मत

बस मेरे साथ चल

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Poetry

Same love and its story

March 3, 2018

By

Nitin

Nothing will ruin this

We told each other

Nothing, not even our true feelings

In sync, we told each other

We made no plans, no destination

As we were not arriving anywhere

Just the journey of sweet songs and fangs, we sang in tandem to each other

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