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New Born

 



The new batch is still underway-  

1.   whirring,  
2.   dragging  
3.   stomping  
4.   brisk    
  
and then-  

1.   pastel  
2.   leather  
3.   waterproof    
4.   and even worn-out    
  
varied sizes and shapes    
and makes and types    
not to forget the bare pairs-  
chaffed and untidy-  
usually the ones  
in pursuit    
traversing in parabolic trajectories-    
like drugged guinea pigs    
inside glass cages    
  
those feet-relentless-methodical-unfazed    
complimented evenly  
by those hyperbolic souls-  
some young and some seasoned-  
all regulars  
    
none of them ever acknowledge    
my existence  
  
natural competition would be  
the very first reason  
  
it‘s mostly the small pair of feet-  
wrapped-soft-pink    
which stop awhile afar before    
being dragged away  
small-unknowing eyes    
being unable to differentiate  
    
in a few years probably in all probability    
they would be fed amply    
on a diet of-  

1.   oral history  
2.   hatred    
3.   and  poison    
  
and then they would come back    
with stones and strings of expletives,    
ridicule and animated hatred    
having replaced untainted innocence    
with which those young souls now    
gaze at my nudity    
and compare it with their very own  
  
may be not  
when they see the dust and the sores    
and the overflowing urine-  
human and equine-alike  
    
the tiny lives undoubtedly are naked-  
eyes and soul  
while I am bare overall  
  
My bloated stomach and visible sternum    
and unkempt hair and undeviating stillness    
are but my only attractions    
the marked divergences    
  
for they are real-probably more real    
than their reality    
and yes-They are the features  
the star attractions of my universe    
cause behind all of their-    
  
1.   colourful attire    
2.   and masks    
3.   and sunglasses  
4.   and sunscreens    
5.   and visors    
  
they all are as naked as me-  
mutilated and otherwise    
  
curtains up
  
  
  
 
Written by Whitewand6
Published | Edited 27th Apr 2012
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