The moon has swallowed all young girls

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The benevolent sunrays are patrons of

Young girls' hearts,

As its extended arms, hand in hand

With those of the girls- perform fugdi

And I was incognizant of the sinister

Soul that the moon envesseled,

Of which, for which, I wrote many verses

Until I went a distance afar from

My home.

A distance away,

I found young girls skipping rope

And playing hopscotch,

Within their invisible radii.

After a visit to the tailor-

Complaining a little that the

Measurements were inches off

And eating a Samosa on the way back-

I found two things missing and two things new,

The sun and the young girls,

The dark and the moon, respectively.

I'm no marvel when it comes to intelligence,

Though to me it's clear that only the moon is to be blamed

For the disappearance of young girls,

Maybe she's collecting the girls

As jewels ten thousand to sculpt Tilottama's rival

Or maybe she just loves the taste

Of the freedom being concealed within

Their young bones

~Ajay
28/11/2017

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