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A bold pirate
vanquished King Phillip’s hapless galleons,
bathed himself in gold peso coins
manic fingers feverishly caressing the lucre.

Mindless with greed
he sailed into rough waters
where great whales watched
as gales ripped the grommets
that held the cords that secured the sails
and the great sheets collapsed
like canvas shrouds.

Still the pirate caressed each coin
ignoring the rogue waves
oblivious to the grand schools of whales
gathering around.

Singing in chorus
the great behemoths mused
patient in their knowing
man’s treasure destiny is always
on the floor of the deep ocean.

The captain sank with his ship
his pockets laden with lustrous gold
and his silk shirt billowed in the current
like a flag announcing his descent
to a place where he could not breathe
and nothing could be bought
and the whales slaps their flukes
on the water’s surface
in thunderclaps of applause.
 May 2013 Nirmalee
Leila
A Fun House
 May 2013 Nirmalee
Leila
This house doesn't need ghosts to scare anyone
These walls take sanity for fun
The longer you stay, the deeper undone
The air thickens and weighs down on you like a ton  
It will constrict every vain in you, one by one  
Arrive with confidence and leave with none
When you get the chance, you should run
You don't want to be here for the big guns
I'm talking heat like fire from dragons
All the glass in the windows blackens  
Your mind is weak and maddens
Thoughts haunt you and sadden
You'll never be able to forget what happens
cook rice

add plenty
butter,
salt,
pepper

add cookies and cream
or any ice cream

mix it up
also: potatoes, sriracha, mustard, ranch
Lovely boy
Please understand me
And be as patient as to
Let me understand you.
I may sound gibberish
But what I say
Is to make a bridge
And reach your heart.
Lovely boy
Let’s together
Build the rainbow bridge
Where I find you colors
Missing from your life
And you find me
What I missed on my way.
Lovely boy
Shut not your door on me
For my years
May show you the way
And your youthfulness
May recreate my lost dreams!
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