<\/p>\n
The Don glistens
\nfaintly at night<\/p>\n
besides an illuminated city<\/p>\n
the unused
\ntrain tracks we are walking
\nin a fantasy<\/p>\n
grow
\nstretch
\nexpand
\nswell<\/p>\n
like the invisible spirits
\nburied
\nin the darkness<\/p>\n
until
\nthey explode<\/p>\n
This time\u2014
\nthat begins after death<\/p>\n
this time\u2014
\nnot the mellow cooing dreams
\nof the meditating pigeons<\/p>\n
this time\u2014
\nnot the symphony
\nof the blue and white
\nmountain ranges<\/p>\n
this time
\nis a dune of dust
\nwith an undying embrace<\/p>\n
The flute forgotten for years
\nawakens one late night
\nin an instant<\/p>\n
when the sound of a verse
\nmerges with the rays of
\nthe half-moon<\/p>\n
what beats in the bodies
\nare the moment\u2019s
\nexpectations
\ndisenchantments
\nexultations<\/p>\n
a half-dream
\nnavigates across the reality<\/p>\n
the wind that whispers
\nthrough the window seals
\nis quiet now<\/p>\n
awaiting
\nanother twinkling<\/p>\n
One evening when
\nnight and day
\nmeet
\nin the copper sky<\/p>\n
one evening when
\nthe snowfall
\nstops<\/p>\n
one evening when
\nyou remember
\na friend<\/p>\n
you had watched a play
\noutdoor in a park<\/p>\n
one evening when
\ntime appears in multiverse
\nflashed-back
\nfast-forwarded
\nslow-motioned
\npaused
\nrecorded<\/p>\n
one evening
\ntime becomes a verse<\/p>\n
In the grey smoky sky
\ndrifts the sun
\nwith its final glow<\/p>\n
a bumblebee
\nloiters
\nin a small garden
\nby the lake<\/p>\n
an old lady
\nwith a rosary asks me
\nwhether time begets karma
\nor karma creates time<\/p>\n
the flowers
\ngenerate desires
\nor
\nthe bumblebee\u2019s desires
\nbreed them<\/p>\n
I return
\nfrom a walk with
\na conundrum of karma<\/p>\n
looking at
\na thin filament light
\nin the grey smoky sky<\/p>\n
I look out
\nfrom the wide windows
\nof the streetcar<\/p>\n
the sky is cloudy
\nthe city moves
\nthe crowd appears<\/p>\n
we all live
\na longing<\/p>\n
which keeps replicating
\nin a \u2018maybe\u2019
\nor many in a series<\/p>\n
a gentleman standing
\nin front of a store
\nasks for a dollar
\ncurses the virus<\/p>\n
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