The suburban
A day when no one is expected
no great work to do
was able to turn a few pages
The audio player played
time went by
Evening
siting on the stairs
the world was moving in sweat
A woman of the Kurava tribe picks her firewood
the schoolgirls without their uniforms
the cows that eat papers
the humans who have skewed faces from their crumpling work
on the returning buses
Some clear faces
on the starting buses
my radio is heard
With the small organizations peace prevails
The evening dailies
roam around
in furore
In the tea stalls
politics
is served hot
with no partiality to any party
The common man
is satisfied
Apparent
riot
confusion
mystery
with nothing of this sort
The suburban
crawls
in peace
A day when no one is expected
no great work to do
was able to turn a few pages
The audio player played
time went by
Evening
siting on the stairs
the world was moving in sweat
A woman of the Kurava tribe picks her firewood
the schoolgirls without their uniforms
the cows that eat papers
the humans who have skewed faces from their crumpling work
on the returning buses
Some clear faces
on the starting buses
my radio is heard
With the small organizations peace prevails
The evening dailies
roam around
in furore
In the tea stalls
politics
is served hot
with no partiality to any party
The common man
is satisfied
Apparent
riot
confusion
mystery
with nothing of this sort
The suburban
crawls
in peace
காட்சிகளை பட்டியலிடும் மற்றொரு கவிதை. "சூடாக கிடைக்கும் அரசியல்" நவீன கவிதைகளின் முன்னோடி ஆத்மாநாம் என்பதில் சற்றும் ஐயமில்லை
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A day not expecting anyone
(as such) no major work today
could flip/shuffle a few pages
the music box started playing
time passed (away/off)
evening
as I sat on the staircase
world was sweating and moving
the tribal women picking broken twigs
school girls (without) not in uniform
paper eating cow species
worn out from work and strawed (?) faces
in the returning buses
slightly clear faces
departing busses
radio continues to play
peace prevails in small enterprises (shops)
evening papers
frantically
were twisting
in tea stalls/shops
politics
available "hot"
without party afflictions
public
are content(ed)
apparently without any
riot
confusion
vagueness
the suburb
is peacefully
moving