Wednesday, March 20, 2013

ODOUR OF THE PAST AND SMELL OF THE PRESENT


Keep the doors and windows
always closed.
Let the thick, frozen
darkness fill the rooms
and allow the smell of
the past prevail in
the atmosphere.
Let not the memories of the
gone days escape from them.
Keep the floors of the
rooms unswept
let the cobwebs and spider-webs of the 
past ‘decorate’ the
nooks and crannies of
the rooms.
Let the excreta of
the cats, mice, lizards and
other insects spread on the floors.
Allow the ancient wooden
furniture remain as such.
All remains
of the past be there
for the posterity.
Thus spake the elder generation who are
no longer with us…
………
……………………………..Keep the doors and
windows of all rooms
be kept opened.
Let fresh air flow
in and banish the remains of the past
from the rooms
keep the rooms
free from the nauseating odour of the past
sweep away the dust, excreta of
the mice, lizards and other insects
from the rooms,
remove the cobwebs  and spider- webs.
from the nooks and corners
of the rooms and
keep the walls fresh and clean.
Let not the memories,
sighs and sobs of  at any cost
the gone generations 
stick to the  rooms which have
built their unseen  nests at any cost.
Allow the present be
prevailed, in all rooms
and make merry. 
Thus speak the  
current generation in unison.
By keeping the
doors and windows 
open 
by allowing the fresh
air flowing  to the rooms
thru the doors and windows
keeping them afresh and clean
let the time cycle pedal along without halt.
Because time never likes
to have stops anywhere.
Thus speak the gen-next in unison.
   

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