
red blossoms
in the understory,
briefly catch the sun.

red blossoms
in the understory,
briefly catch the sun.

the hawk swoops & banks;
i feel its flapping wings
as it passes.

Taken at the 2023 Republic Day Flower Show in Lalbagh Botanical Gardens, Bangalore.
What sacrifices have you made in life?
I just turned down a jelly doughnut the other day

the butterfly
that i’d thought dead
just fluttered off.

There once was a lazy sales clerk who didn’t want clients to think her a jerk. The solution, you see, was the airport duty-free, where there’d be no obligation to work. [And the salary would be a nice perq.]
List your top 5 favorite fruits.
5.) Rambutan
4.) Blueberry
3.) Honeydew Melon
2.) Yelakki Banana
1.) Mango

springtime.
yellow blossoms
refuse to fall.

a family lies
on cardboard mattresses
to keep bone from stone.