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The Promise

By on March 2, 2009 in Poems & Stories

1 June 4, 2006. The Lufthansa flight from Newyork landed in Chennai at 2:15 AM, thirty minutes later than the scheduled arrival time. Mohanasundaram was waiting at the arrival terminal with increasing anticipation. He scanned the hundred faces coming out of the airport for his son. After about forty-five minutes, Arun kumar walked out, waving [...]

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Au Revoir

By on February 23, 2009 in Stories

1 Present Day It was the first Monday in weeks when I was not in office before ten. As I saw the frosted sundial of my old citizen ticking eleven thirty, I cursed myself for the umpteenth time for choosing that insurance company. I found out that the other companies did not require so many [...]

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Half Silver, Half Gold, Copper Sweater

By on September 11, 2008 in Poems & Stories

Silver moons . Mirrors a flatware spoon for gravity. Handful of gold luster to the heart. Form occurs facilely to rich flavor. Time’s silvered hair photographed coins and empty pockets of stain. Behold the willow’s corrosion brightness to the heart crying leafless browns. Pertaining to gold, icons of rose floors amber light of stars. Pigment [...]

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at the piano

By on May 17, 2008 in Prose Poetry

it’s been more than a year now,, since father left us,, mother, and i alone.. things have not been easy,, but we are making our way,, in this strange world,, into which we’ve both been thrown… with father gone, and little in the coffer,, after his illness and burial and such,, our one saving grace,, [...]

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