Bite Size Poems – 3

a poem by Christuraj Alex

Far From Self

Cats are very attentive,
To every step of puppies;
Could habits and impulses,
Be called true contemplation?
There’s a sage trying to learn,
Cat-tricks and dog-tricks and failed…

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Under the Bridge

That shelter-less man under the bridge
Irritates that lady who swears at him;
They together beg their anger abridge,
They come back; again sing the same love hymn,
Whose husband was he? Whose wife she, a midge?
Both have many issues all go well trim.