LITTLE RITUALS

 Opening eyes in blinding lights of summer sun with a sigh.

Brushing teeths in ammonia so that it can sparkle in false alarms.

Pancakes rolling between thumb and index finger while a stranger says "hello" in a familiar language.

The lady next door offers to read the palm in her cottage where dirty angels sleep with men. 

Softening of  red coloured sickle kept on the sun after being thoroughly washed in Sunday.

Paper spines of books pressed against damp cheeks while searching for a sanctuary in sleep.

Realizing  that  kissing is a form of self destruction, wet hearts sliced open like a human sacrifice. 

Watering lonely daisy who is singing an old ballad struck at the throat of the girl child sleeping in its roots. 

Finding metaphors to sadness like "red coloured cherry in heart".

Tasting despair in mouth while swallowing thick sugary lies. 

Planting daffodils waist deep in cold currents in dreams where I am a crescent moon.

Applying  strawberry balm of calloused knees ignoring twenty miss calls from mother.

Burn the house barren with love and feed stray puppies. 

Drawing Venn diagrams of us on dirty floors before scrubbing them away.

Wondering about the untold stories of daughters drowned under mysterious circumstances.

Lighting a candle for the orphaned baby bird eaten by the black cat with shaved head.

Asking "do you hate me" as a joke but hiding bitten fingernails. 

Crying watercolor skies in the night when cicadas go partying.

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