One Poem by Sandeep Sharma

 

Rhymeopause, Baldness and all that stuff…

 

‘The moon, thinks in primordial Indian accent, is the Hindu’s first Uncle… there 

are n-ception human senses and emotions yet unknown to us,’ answers my 

dad’s photo, the crown of dangling wig glued on his head, which stands in the 

middle of the family collage, and fakes metaphors of confessions—-abstract.

 

I never wanted to be as bald as rock, rhythm, the “Nuncle Moon”

or the only photo of courageous Shakespeare

 

I envy courage, competition, the five c’s of effective communication

when I start typing @ snail’s pace I think of

the gift of male baldness

like I often think of EMI-fied hips and skulls inside those graves of poets at Westminster

 

Opposite of orgy is not always throbbing, mercy, froth, rhythm —-Mother Father, soul

 

But I did with my soul what Tyson did to Holyfield in1997

Black clock, rock

Dear rhythm, are you no more?

 

Collectively, I’m the Brahmin

Call it DNA-ism

Even hydroxychloroquine won’t kill all the -isms and pains

Pain is my pet!

I’m the baldness of Veda-Vyāsaḥ, Pāṇini, Vātsyāyana, Chanakya, the Śramaṇa

The skin of my forehead rising/falling,

like the phonetic tones of Mandarin,

on my skull, the kapala—-

the bowl in which the Aghoris will drink urine—-

like destiny, old tree, old friend, orgy.

Sandeep Sharma is an Asst Prof of Comparative Literature at Government College, Diggal (HP), India. He is Associate Editor of the journals In Translation (Université Badji Moktar de Annaba) and Traduction et Langues, University of Oran 2. He received the Award of Academic Excellence (2022) by the Arab Translators’ Association for his contribution to research and linguistics. He has published his works with Impspired (UK); SIL International (US);The Yellow Medicine Review (Southwest Minnesota State University); PoetryXHunger (Maryland State Arts Council, US); Southwest Word Fiesta (Silver City, New Mexico); The Anguillian (Anguilla); In Translation (Algeria), HP University (India) and so on. His academic profile remains at the top 1% (with 274k views) on academia.edu. His works can be accessed at:  

https://hp-in.academia.edu/SsandeepSharma