A Flicker

Friendly but Finicky

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 A Flicker

The clank from kitchen,

noticeable yet chaotic

flows along the billowing vapour,

The rush of aroma makes us drool

in gargantuan expectation—

It is anger and protest

against all the neglect,

Everybody–all and sundry

have right to be hungry,

except a few tastemakers, for eternity.

Fiery and feverish all through,

All their ailments are just skin-deep,

A few careless drops of the melted sweat

are all that makes up the dish—

so special, so exotic.

The lingering odour of sweat and spice

into the lazy hours of soporific quietude

fails to make any sense,

The loose-braided semicolon

finally snores in expectation.

Vizag

25-12-2001

A poem for AIR,Vizag, broadcast  on 26-12-2001 

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By 

A N Nanda

Coimbatore

13-11-2012

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