Zindagi Theda Collecshuns!!

Bacchon ko padhaao nahi, Bacchon se kuch seekho
Hamara zamaana hi zamaana tha, kahe har peedhi ke boodhon
Har soch jo naya hai, kal zaroor hongey puraney
Afsos hai humlog samjhey ki hum hi sabse sayaaney!

Reyt mein chalta gaya, pagdandi kya chod di
Baarishein tez aa gayi, aur raasta meine kho di
Raat ka sehra aaya, bhooton ko bhi le aaya
Suraj ne kya chamkaaya, ghar mein aakhir laut aaya
-- back from the brink

Baaraah saal aur ek Paathsaala
Do saal aur ek naya dost nahi saala
Teen saal aur bhatak raha hoon akela
Do aur saal, phir dhoondo naukri ka mela
-- searching "Situations Vacant" postings in Times of India

Sabka Maalik ek, har mandir kehta dekh
Insaan ka man ho nek, woh khushiyan paye anek
Par tu-tu mein-mein jaari, yeh sabse badi bimaari
Aaj neta hum pe bhaari, humney kho di dimaag saari
- after a political rally at Deulwadi, Chembur 

Ratt raha hoon yeh bakwaas har roz
Kal pareeksha Itihaas - Afsos
Bahut bhari yeh pustak ka bhoj
Chodo dekhen ab Bharat ek khoj!
A day before History exam, March 1989


Aaj Aadmi, Aurat Bandar kal ke Nar Naari aur Vaanar
Auratein jalti roz roz aur Aadmi bante Jaanwar
Chote bacchey dekhe aise batthar haalaat ghar par
Har mandir mein hasta gaya bhagwaan naam ka bandar
-- after a Dowry death news in Free Press Journal (1988)


Naam hokar bhi Vikaas, Padhaayi mein nahi thi Vikaas
Kaam ek kapde ki dukaan mein aur pehenta sirf ek libaas
Shyaam ko woh laut thaa ghar, marta bhooko-pyaas 
Thaam li usney maut ko, lekar ek aahkri saans!!
-- of the labour class 


Gyan na de jo gyaani woh kehlaye agyaani
Pyaas bujhaye paani, aur duniya ki pareshaani
Madira samajh kar pee liya gyaani ne sirf paani
Paani jaise peetey aaj madira kai agyaani!!

The Pompous "I"

I'm this, I'm that, I'm Love
I'm unique, I'm also holier than thou
I'm the Universe, the Universe is Me
Word plays from scriptures for the ever so lonely

An inconspicuous speck of Invisible dust
With 7 Billion humans all waiting to combust
A funny thought for our ego and art
We're rotten leftovers of a big bang fart!

Of Poetry relays in Social Media

So said my sister, "Share your poetry"
I'm getting older, with a growing bigotry
They say life begins at Forty! I really hope that's true.
Coz' I gaze at all and sundry, with nothing much to do!

लाल लाल है खून का रंग और माथे मे बजरंगी रंग
अब क्या गाऊं मै कोई अभंग, जब मै न दिल का मस्त मलंग
मन मेँ भी एक अजीब सी जंग, वोह हसकर बोली मेरे संग
तू गिरगिट साला रंगबिरंग, ज़िंदगी भी तुझसे हो गयी तंग!!

Loneliness: "Hi Meaningless!"

Me: Look at the absurdness of me talking to nothingness!

Of Retrograde, Anterograde, Psychogenic Amnesia

भूल करते करते, भूल गया मैं उस बात को
बात करते करते, सोचा क्या बात है कुछ याद करो 
याद करते करते, यह बिमारी भी एक याद बन गयी 
बिमारी की याद क्या आयी, साली जवानी भी ख़ाक में मिल गयी !!

A Perverse Panegyric

Nude and wet on this stormy day
You lech at me with abandon, gay
Whilst you think with lustful glee
I'm all bark and leaves of a rainy tree

Burning me inside and out
You wait for me, I spew from my pout
Whilst you think 'bout something I'm not
I'm the Tea, in your Teapot

Murdering me with your sharpest knife
You kill me through your cold-blooded wife
Whilst you sit there, fret and grouse
I'm the tomato, cut by your spouse

I'm lynched today high and dry
No sympathies from passers-by
You got the drift, while I quit
I'm your clothes, you perverted twit!