clock work

The morning’s message is clear—
there’s no point in choosing between my two
contrary selves. As I prepare the lemon tea,day-dreaming about your buttocks
(that look like the hills of the Aravalis) the kitchen clock
and the dove behind the exhaust fan
sing me a duet
of industrial-eco reconciliation:
tic gur-gur 
toc gur-gur
        tic gur-gur-groo
tic gur-gur  
toc gur-gur
        tic gur-gur-groooo

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Salil Chaturvedi
salilwheels@gmail.com