inchme and pinchme August 2008
By: allan sealypart of a narrative poem that starts in fatehpur sikri and ends on the pakistan border
inchme and pinchme
went for a walk
so our childhood riddle went
inchme fell over
now who was left
ouch was the answer friend
so what else is new
youre asking me
on our subcontinent
tears and blood
blood and tears
the leopards spots again
whats new
is simply nuclear
whats old a little trust
or one second we re you
and me – pinch me –
next radioactive dust
Irwin Allan Sealy lives in the foothills of the Himalaya. His most recent novel is red: an alphabet.
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