Tuesday, August 19, 2025

interference

 

The people of Kadalil could be fickle in matters of the heart. The tongue that joked could also be malicious. They allowed some affairs. In some cases, their interference was invasive and persistent, and made families #seethe with shame and rage, even self-destruct. 


#vss365


from


https://justoneavatar.blogspot.com/2016/10/bumpkin.html


Friday, August 8, 2025

Identity

 

I was known as the Elena Ferrante of the East.


Blurbs changed when my identity was revealed.


"Cheat!" 


"Writing as a woman!"


"Plagiarized my infidelity."


"Calls religion god's cruel #prank on humanity!"


Friends got reimbursement. 


Lost solitude. Found loneliness.


#vss365 


Sunday, July 27, 2025

circumcatalyst

 

Theory of love:

#Happenstance and catalyst

Are main ingredients.


#vss365

#haiku #senryu ?



Tuesday, July 22, 2025

why am i silent

 

why am i silent

about...


the list is too long

the excuses are quite good

no inconvenient #promises to dodge


is it to...


that too is obvious

everyone understands


i have got to 


change


and learn 


how to 


use punctuation


when I am no longer


silent


but 


then...


#vss365


Saturday, July 19, 2025

But...until...

 

A black #onyx charm

Protects my soul, heart and mind.

Until seppuku. 


#vss365

#haiku #senryu ?


Thursday, July 10, 2025

collateral damage

 

"Sorry," He said.


"Me too," The Other said.


For their soldiers, it was just another #skirmish over ideology. 


"Sorry?" I said.


"You should have been the collateral damage," He said.


"Not your love," The Other said.


I left God, Devil and their crew to be all alone.


#vss365


Tuesday, July 8, 2025

Guilt the Constant

 

The shadow of guilt,

Perennial and unchanging.

Primal force #rooks life.


#vss365

#haiku #senryu ?



Thursday, July 3, 2025

In Between Fighters

 

A man is beating his wife. She refuses to cower before him, getting up like a nearly KO-ed #boxer, giving back with a guttural hoarse tongue. 


A young man in the gathering crowd approaches them. To help. The wife turns on him. The crowd laughs. Cheers for the fighters.


#vss365


from


https://newnonentities.blogspot.com/2010/11/walking-tour.html


Wednesday, June 18, 2025

risqué

 

Even pundits in the #realm of online dating would call our chat risqué:


-Can’t wait.

-Same here.

-Come. 

-There?

-Kitchen's ready.

-Prefer kitchen?

-Where else?


There, her mom opened the door. “She told me to take her place.”


Pleasure-filled hour. 


Cooking biriyani.


#vss365 


from


https://newnonentities.blogspot.com/2021/10/coincidence.html


Sunday, June 15, 2025

Swapna

 

Why did I waste life

For a dream girl who said bye?

To lose, to find #self.


#vss365

#haiku #senryu ?