bullet-train

(The first Aadhaar linked poem in the world)

By Aadhar No: 9876 5432 1001

The Shinkensan Model accelerates to
217 miles an hour, cutting journey time
to 3 hours from Ahmedabad to Mumbai.
Mukesh sings “ Meri gaadi hai japaani”
in a soulful studio radio.
Born post-war, Shinso Abe smiles
and waves and hugs like Hirohito.

This Bullet Train is the Brahmaasthra of the epics.
Or, the Narayanasthra or the Rama Bana.
Sometimes, it is a Mohanasthra that drugs
billions of people putting them in a daze.

There is another Bullet Train.
A 7.65 Calibre Make in India model
that passes through stations with
strange names like Kalburgi South
Pansare West and Dhabolkar Central
Its destination set in Bangalore
where it rockets through a pulsating heart.

This train now will pass through
Under skin arteries and veins and nerves
Tunneling through bone marrow and muscles
Till it comes to rest on a magnificent spine bridge,
perched like a toy train in a full moon night
till the slightest breeze causes the compartments
to topple into a depthless soul, one by one.

Ra Sh is a poet from Kerala.


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6 Comments

  1. K SHESHU BABU says:

    The ‘ aadhar ‘ of this train is Ambani
    And the engine is adani
    The tracks are Japani
    And the ‘ gangmen’ are hindustani

  2. Ankur Pandey says:

    Wah

  3. stalina says:

    “This Bullet Train is the Brahmaasthra of the epics.
    Or, the Narayanasthra or the Rama Bana. ”
    This bullet train(The first Aadhaar linked poem in the world)

    By Aadhar No: 9876 5432 1001 is really a sharp timely reply…

  4. This is so haunting, so raw. It is like a war. It takes our breath away!

  5. Jayanandan says:

    Confused mind perishes!

  6. theunassumingambivert says:

    Amazingly written!