HAIKU SEQUENCE: CLOTHES

HAIKU SEQUENCE: CLOTHES

He sees art

in her wanton dress--/

crawling curls

A watchman gazes

the stars on her body

elements clack

Swirling spirals

of her skirt  spills tides of dream

and memory

Clad in swimsuit

her body in water sweeps

waltzing ripplets

Clings to her body

her red wet saree--

waving wrinkles

Tending her hooks

she blushes to see

the line of jewels

A thin moon

on her neck hides love

in silk gauze

Dangling her necklace

below the drooping breasts--

milking stream

Wearing

the hand bra

Shehba on bike

Lust in mirror
models in lingerie:
winter rain


Under white light
dressing off her shoulders
musky scent up


Musky perfume
opens unsleeping eyes--
drowsy sweetness


She hides the mirror
with rose and lipstick
and keeps her fiction


She undresses in
dim light perfumes her body
fills room with herself

 

 

--R.K. SINGH