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Friday, July 07, 2006

yeh khuda hay na bhagwan m'ra

before foxa2* that furtive
fleeing, fleeting exchange
of the sperm-ovum owners
and an startled child grows

[litany:
a pilot's target practice,
cambodia, chechenya
darfur, vietnam, iraq,
afghanistan and new york
famines, droughts, avian 'flu
legionnaire's disease, west nile
hepatitis, hiv aids
innocent civilians caught
in the vicious cross fire
noah tsunamis, perhaps
a few chromosome misfits
like trisomy 21**]


the litany mushroom grows
amidst champagne festivities
in a world that is not round

ghalat samajhna mut
mujh ko dost, yeh Khuda
hay na Bhagwaan na God
tumhara, m'ra, kisi ka


it is easy to invoke god
GWB's or OBL's?
the palestinian Allah
or the israelite Yahweh
our bed, our quarters, our mess
our bhagwaan, eeshwur, aur khuda
how can we outsource with such ease
our so revered creations?


*foxa2
** trisomy 21

13 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Does M blog too. Would love to talkto her!

Preeti

July 22, 2006 5:25 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Does M blog too. Would love to talkto her!

Preeti

July 22, 2006 5:25 PM  
Blogger temporal said...

no

she inspires

and is very supportive

July 22, 2006 5:30 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Is she the nightfly of your blog!

Preeti

July 22, 2006 5:31 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Since she is your inspiration...do convey my warm regards to her.

You are one of the finest people around (especially with your interactions with the SIF).

It gives hope to womanhood.

July 22, 2006 5:33 PM  
Blogger temporal said...

will convey your regards to them both

thanks

am surrounded by two tough cookies:)

July 22, 2006 5:38 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

and it gives hope that better human beings still exist. That is more important . The world needs this.

July 22, 2006 5:39 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

May I ask who are the 2 tough cookies.

My apologies...I dont;t understd things that are said in shortcuts or a few words.

July 22, 2006 5:41 PM  
Blogger temporal said...

M - partner in crime
N - tough editor

July 24, 2006 5:05 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hi Temp

Hope I am not trespassing. I needed a little help in learning something about a certain author…I know you will say do google search….but I couldn’t find anything. Would you know any other site?

October 17, 2006 6:35 PM  
Blogger temporal said...

temporal3@gmail.com

:)

October 17, 2006 6:40 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

so u want me to write an email to u?

October 17, 2006 7:05 PM  
Blogger temporal said...

ji

October 17, 2006 7:08 PM  

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