Life Is Reverse And Absurd Barrels, Jolt-A-Halt! Poem by Harindhar Reddy

Life Is Reverse And Absurd Barrels, Jolt-A-Halt!

Rating: 4.8


Part - 1
Tom Tulliver alias Gulliver, the absurdities’ king – item no.1 with IQ
100, Filled his belly with gullible perceptions, got 1 PhD, has 0 EQ
Yet a twofold persona: a water wiz, motor buzz, got a grand slam
Just in swatting a fly, for used he a sledgehammer, in a creative glam
Glitz, mixed wine & tea drank he – a super-duper soul with fake 3D view
A bio lives in fantasia trusts dogma, yet took title Mr. Practical, phew.
Jolt-a-halt, thicko! Life is reverse & absurd barrels, tittering tee-hee!

Sailed via submarine on Arafura seas, UFO’s sea-jacked, ransacked
& left Tom amid rough seas – Baffled by a flying island, cried for act
But oddly saved by its locals, Rimtintinbubs with heads dipping north
And sloping south & alien eyes: 1st flew to sky and 2nd turned to earth
Sci-fi class lived in polygons, tried to fly back to BC on supersonic plane
And set on AC ships to travel into future, shock-mock, brain-drain!
Jolt-a-halt, thicko! Life is reverse & absurd barrels, tittering tee-hee!

Part 2
Science psychos with web virus loved e-mouse yet enjoyed politicking
High tech rats sold their souls to alter directions of stars twinkling
And drifting galaxies from 1D and worked with schemes Laputan
Via 2D: grow blue-roses from cucumbers, gunpowder from cotton,
Use pigs to plough farms and build homes in the water – didn’t bother
About wives who right under their noses loved bantam-bubs rather.
Jolt-a-halt, thicko! Life is reverse, absurd barrels, tittering tee-hee.

Thingamajig- a thing-in-itself, a caption – Mass jotted in zodiac signs,
Talked in math figures, traced Gibson’s girls’ beauty in Gaussian lines,
Round shapes, aslant angles and other abstract stuff – they are skilled
In IT, yet discussed politics – hang ID cards, ring CT, erratic egos filled
And Jurassic jealousies flowed in/on their necks, homes, bodies & bloods;
In the end, suffered scientific plagues and died in unatural city floods.
Jolt-a-halt, thicko! Life is reverse, absurd barrels, tittering tee-hee.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Queeny Gona 22 October 2013

Oh Gosh! creative in write and witty in expressing the loop holes of the modern life style of man! Had I to talk about the diction and rythm, this master piece is rich by itself!

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Harindhar Reddy 20 May 2020

Thank you for a creative comment on the poem 🙏🙏👍👍

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Harindhar Reddy 20 May 2020

Thank you for a nice comment on the poem 🙏

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