Poet - 1

You must have observed
the way sugar cane sap
gets drawn out in a juice machine,

You must have seen
fibrous stalks getting compressed
wringed and mashed
by squeaking rollers; a syrupy
liquid collecting at one end,
and coarse refuse on the other.

Poet, you’re no better
than those sugared stems.

4 comments:

  1. Kay TracyJuly 30, 2010 at 8:32 AM

    Arunasu,

    This is lovely! Well stated.

    ~Kay

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  2. ArunansuAugust 1, 2010 at 3:29 AM

    Welcome Kay, thanks for the appreciation and your time on this. Smiles.

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  3. Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐August 1, 2010 at 12:42 PM

    Arun,

    A lot of visual details.

    I like the implied simile explored in the poem.

    Chen-ou

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  4. ArunansuAugust 2, 2010 at 4:24 AM

    Thanks Chen-ou for the appreciation.

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