Poem of the Day
Yellow Striped Pajamas
By Shamsher Bahadur Singh
walking silently on his paws, he emerges from the semidarkness and disappears into it.
walking silently on his paws, he emerges from the semidarkness and disappears into it.
To look at them, you might not think the two men, having spoken briefly
and now moving away from each other, as different goals
require, have much history, if any,
There are certain words—ecstasy, abandon,
surrender—we can wait all our lives,
sometimes,
Places take you by surprise
you walk past them
skirt torn
high
from fighting
on Spanish Rice. Like strange-eyed minks we took
the town, with bright, unearthly stares and offering
nothing. We were eager for suspicion. Ginger even
Anyone can see I am walking in a circle.
My nerves are trained Millions of years have gone by And I am not afraid of anything
And the stitches on his head told us He suffered sitting still
Words were pure forms And were not secure
It was something we never knew about the dead,
Once they start dancing they never stop.