Tuesday, June 30, 2009

The autumn of a patriarch : A tragedy

Every Napoleon meets his waterloo
and he met his in the form of forty kiloes of flesh and blood
that made up a village girl of sixteen.

At seventeen, she turned a gypsy.
She rolled her liberty into a triple joint and blew
Concentric circles of smoke
At his bearded face.

The smoke lingered in the homestead
and he coughed and spluttered ,
He , in his armchair in the verandah…………….
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4 comments:

  1. hey i remember those lines "She rolled....face"..that's a piece of ur favourite,if i'm not mistaken :)

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  2. those are just good lines..:)

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  3. yup..i agree da...

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  4. high emotion produce the best lines i suppose :)

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