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.5in">Before the ant-eaten
roots .5in">yield to storm and the
roof cracks .5in">I must find a new shelter .5in">to escape the full
collapse: .5in"> .5in">the façade of specious
house .5in">and dead wood midst dust
and green .5in">have popped up myths of
ages .5in">academics recycle .5in"> .5in">holding gods in the hand .5in">in cozy illusions .5in">perpetuate newer
.5in">
roots .5in">yield to storm and the
roof cracks .5in">I must find a new shelter .5in">to escape the full
collapse: .5in"> .5in">the façade of specious
house .5in">and dead wood midst dust
and green .5in">have popped up myths of
ages .5in">academics recycle .5in"> .5in">holding gods in the hand .5in">in cozy illusions .5in">perpetuate newer
games of convenience
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From:
New and Selected Poems Tanka and Haiku (ISBN 978-81-7273-635-4), 2012
Copyright ©:
Ram Krishna Singh
Last updated January 14, 2013