Re: vaa.ci.vee : two poems and some more poems.

Jagdish Bisa (jbisa@bbnplanet.com)
Thu, 02 Oct 1997 12:14:12 -0400


Good old Kambhampati couldn't resist the bananas:
   [ arundhati subrahmanyam's poem]

> I can hear the well greased throb
> your chromium motocycle mind
> bullworkered into maleness
> revving into action
> as you peel cliches like bananas.
> I am impressed.
>
> I can hear the menacing ripple,
> the steely bulge
> of your biceps
> as you clinck your argument
> with sleek aftershaved assurance.
> I am impressed.
>
> I can hear the pages
> of yesterday's newspaper
> flapping noisily, emptily,
> between your legs.
> I am
> impressed.

Sharp imagery.
Masculine sound devices (alliteration and onomatopia).
Stunning climax!

-Jagdish (I am)
 Bisa (Impressed)