Black Tea Consciousness

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(Or take an antacid after swallowing the universe)

Is the tea wrong- or is it just like that- a black metaphor-

In a medium-long see-through glass- a glass of waterfall-

Glass of glycerin- of eye drops- the ground tea leaves rise

And fall and move- affecting everything around with their

Own little gravities- like space- like a space simulation- drink

The tea- eat the glass- everything- finally- is a bunch of kissy

Atoms- let the tea be- for the moment- and watch the wafting

Steam- like off trains that no longer are- you can hear- if you

Have the ears- Sahib Sindh and Sultan* screaming from Bori

Bunder to Thane- But only at night- it is as if the crowd of the day swallows

The sound and yawns it back at night- leave the moment- as

The steam loses steam- and drink the universe- leave the glass

Completely empty- like a glass of waterfall- frozen.

~Ajay
12/1/19
*Sahib, Sultan and Sindh, the names of the engines of the first passenger train in India which ran between Bombay and Thane

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