Adulthood

Suddenly we had grown into adulthood. Quickly

the carefree years passed, books closed, puppy love

replaced by sombre, directionless silence; drivers

cursed the traffic jams and where was God to put

some order to all this? But haven’t they heard

the good news? God was dead. We yelled it to

the wind and the aspen leaves and we always

believed in the travelling bands that went from city

to the city and entertained people with old nostalgic songs

talking of misery and people being just outside heaven,

while here on earth they thrive on jelly and glazed

donuts. Yet something sinister kept us silent when

the monarch butterfly flew over the dahlia. Have

you ever thought of what might happen if you made

love to a deaf woman and at the time of climax

you screamed for help?

I like all those who don’t seek the reason for sacrifice

or the cause for their destruction behind each star.

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