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CENSOR AND CENSURE



Ashok Niyogi




I see this world through censored eyes,
Because I am the object of universal censure.

But last night I saw a sight,
Which made me put down my toilet seat
And look out of the hospital bathroom window
And stare a while.
You see, this window opens into a utility shaft.
Hot and cold water pipes, oxygen pipes, gas pipes,
Exhausts,
They all run through it from bottom to top.

And right next to my window,
On a rubber-clad hot water pipe,
A pair of pigeons roost.

Actually fast asleep
Husband and wife.
Beak touching beak, neck tucked in,
Plump, happy and satisfied.

I sat a long while on my toilet-seat,
And stared at them with not a little envy,
But they were oblivious to my stare
And I just could not give them a scare,

Pigeons are monogamous you see.






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