Raj Arumugam

see
Nasrudin walks
along in the streets
and sees a mirror
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It is night
Nasrudin walks
in the moonlight
He hears horses
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See
Nasrudin is in the streets
he rides his donkey;
and see,
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17 Nasrudin poems by Raj Arumugam


POEM ONE - Nasrudin riding his donkey
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OK, granted
you got to take yourself seriously
or no one will
but take yourself too seriously
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last night
as the clouds spread thin
breaking like long dry leaves
long in the open
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Girls, do not giggle...
I know you like to giggle
but I, Glum Master of the Universe,
don’t like it;
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Boys, I warn you, you are not
to look at Twinkle Girls;
I, Glum Master of the Universe, command
that none of you boys
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1
rum dum da da bum
moom moom
swish glish
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is one capable of observing with no projection of one’s mind and thoughts and ideas onto the observed? can one actually observe?
or does one see what one wants to see? does one look and see what is before one, or does one drag what one observes into one’s belief systems and one’s vision and preconceived notions and philosophy?
one is conditioned
by beliefs and documents
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it’s the time of the parochial
baby
tread with care;
it’s the time of fear and violence
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1
where did I park my car?
I’m sure I left it here
on this level
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you know you take
words and some cement and glue
and you make them all stick together
into verse and poetry;
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sometimes, baby
you’re soft and angelic;
for some time you’re a saint
and sometimes you’re a bitch
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Oedipus man
you’re not done
worlds move in and out
and meaning is undone;
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you’re not going are you
today to the edge of your seat
to the corners of insanity?
to the corners at the cinema
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ask no questions:
you must obey;
and if you ask questions
you must accept all answers
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I never speak of God
but people keep telling me about God
and they keep telling me:
This is the Word of God!
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come beasts
fat and well-bred
and positively yummy,
get in line and on the truck;
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