{"id":4391,"date":"2018-04-19T21:46:14","date_gmt":"2018-04-20T02:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/?p=4391"},"modified":"2018-04-20T09:47:28","modified_gmt":"2018-04-20T14:47:28","slug":"tarun-cherian-the-runaway-mile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/?p=4391","title":{"rendered":"Tarun Cherian “The Runaway Smile”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tarun Cherian<\/h1>\n

The Runaway Smile<\/span><\/h2>\n

My smile walks away from me,
\nBoards the train bound to Sakleshpur, claims its seat,
\nNext to the mami\u00a0(auntyji) from Malleshwaram, who pulls out a tiffin filled with murkus,
\nHomemade which you have to say no to with salivating mouth,
\n(Nowadays you know train thieves drug and leave you naked on the tracks),
\nAnyway you adjust-maadi, and squeeze tight against the flower seller from Anant Nag,
\nWhile her husband leers at you,
\nBut she, she with her provincial wisdom,
\nPlaces a warm understanding hand on your thigh,
\nWhich says ‘the men will be the men,’
\nAnd new teeth pop up in your smile
\nThat broadens to include our home in IndiraNagar, now no longer screaming its head off,
\nAnd with Tenali Ram\u2019s wry wisdom grins at life foibles,
\nAs the whole world is \u2018seeing\u2019 your ex-husband running after the train like Don Quixote,
\nWith umbrella poking \u2018everbodies\u2019 and the train\u2019s arse
\nShouting \u2018my wife, my wife do not take my wife\u2019
\nBut the engine driver \u2018is not caring,\u2019
\nAnd with a jhug-jhug katak feek we move towards Amma\u2019s estate,
\nWhere she will hit me with a belan for leaving my husband,
\nAnd I will be safe and smiling.<\/p>\n

Tarun Cherian<\/strong><\/span> illuminates lives with Aura Reading, Dream Interpretations, Animal Whispering, Angelic Interventions, helps patients fight the incurable, accompanies serious spiritual seekers on the path to the ultimate, and creates windows with art & poetry.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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