Poems from Rohana C Fernando
Maruti, my dream girl
Indian beauty with Japanese blood
Oft times I ran my finger along
thy sleek, unfeeling body secretly,
Full knowing...
The camera follows Channa and Upuli
To the smiling door of the Commission
They were so pleased with everything
Talked at length about...
Bellowing mouths
Verbal missiles, horrendous crimes
Smiling posters, teeth real and artificial
Gaudy colors, Green, Blue and Red
Harry...
Music at full blast
Dancing hell out of
their scrawny lives
in the scorching sun.
Move the shoulders
humped by the big
bulky school bags...
My children? Ah.. they are doing well abroad!
I dragged my legs towards "home"
sitting ghostly in the semi darkness
I longed to hear "...