Everybody kept eyeing it surreptitiously. Curiosity was at a very high level in the room but everyone was pretending to be absolutely casual.
The receptionist cleared her throat that somehow led to all the sales representatives to look at her.
She looked at the package lying on an empty seat and raised her eyebrows. There was a common shrug.
She got up and let the cat out of the bag. Literally.
The sigh of relief was loud and the ice broken.

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Restless
Wandering thoughts
Come to rest
In the creation of
Poetry

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I believed in the saying that stolen fruits are sweetest hence indulged in robbing the sweet mangoes from the neighbour's tree.
Nobody had told me that the mango talks the loudest, so loud that its speech can be seen!
Yes within a week of having mangoes for breakfast, lunch and dinner, my face was decorated with heat boils.
Everyone passing me by sniggered, 'Ah, been eating mangoes,right?'

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That heady feeling
Floating in the clouds
Surreal colours
It's for real
Nature's magic
Gives a high
No substance can

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Like a duck out of water
The voter wadddles
On the uneven lawn of democracy
Unsure of the value
His candidate holds
In terms of ideology and
Commitment to the voter
As mercenary considerations
Reign supreme
Nothing or nobody else matters.

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Like cockroaches
Coming out of the woodwork
Political leaders
Come out of hiding
To make wild proclamations
When elections
Are round the corner.

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Love is Multifaceted
An amazing multitasking emotion
As a baby
All that one has is
Unadulterated love
Which, while 'growing up',
Gradually turns into a Commodity
To be traded and used
As a tool for bargaining
And finally,
On aging,
One is left behind
With lots of unadulterated love and nothing else.
The cycle of love is complete.

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Shy scars
Merging with
Wrinkles of experience
A necessary reminder
To avoid any
Painful repeats

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Irresistible reflections
Keep popping up
At every pause
In my ongoing commentary
Of life unplugged

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Between fluttering and dancing there's a lot that goes on, unnoticed by the casual passersby but heartfelt by those that have invested their time and emotions in the process.

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