The Redness Is Full

of kangaroos

there is no place

for you

the blackness

is dangerous

it stings like a serpent

and the whiteness

is fake

it is actually blue

and burning

and you simply

can’t touch that

you will be instantly

charred

and the yellow

is vomit and shit

you’ll drown in

and before

you know it

the colourlessness

that is racing

towards you

crashes into you

and you die

like a fly.

Madness

is when your hands turn

to stone

and it is also true

when everything in the world

has gone awry

when the sky falls to the Earth

shattering into a million pieces

and the planet losing its orbit

goes wildly howling

through the universe

like a mad dog

and everyone feels

the same way too

and people bark

instead of speaking

and silence is the sting

of the serpent

this morning I saw

the cosmos crack

without a noise

I couldn’t hold my poise

my feet turned

into crawling creatures

I have never seen

I don’t know where I’ve been

the whole thing is so mean

making all our brains to lean

into the darkness

that is rushing past us

like a demented monster bus

but I’m writing it all down

because it makes me feel better

if I cuss

when I see people bursting into pus

so life you poisonous witch

if our deaths satisfy your endless itch

here I spit on you bloody bitch.

The Forest Is Alive

with the sound

of the cicadas

and the trees

stand still in

admiration

the mountains

are dazed

under the sun

the blue sky

floats free

in sheer delight

and big white clouds

smile

life is beautiful

like these multi-coloured birds

that flew past my house

this morning

brown and red

and white and big

and I feel light

as laughter

as a dog barks

and an autorickshaw

goes past the street

and the dog

continues to bark

and the electricity

which had gone

comes back

and I am then

reminded

of my illness

the claws

in my throat

and I think

about my death

and the leaves

of the clove tree

outside my house

are still

and the sound

the cicadas make

now seem like

a giant serpent

a wave that will

swallow me whole.