Saturday, December 15, 2012

the other reality..written post 26/11 after the terrorist attacks in Mumbai


the other reality
rita malhotra

dazzling spotlights
enhance velvet skin on chiseled selves
preparing to walk the ramp
on shapely legs in delicate balance
on floor-piercing eight inch stilettos

fashion walks through decades and styles
smiles constructed to hypnotize
complement
the state-of-the art  cameras
in a world of seeming reality
a world that claims continuity
with the world outside
even as
transient fashion statements
shut out the fire of hate
the ruthless business of gunshots
holding the city to ransom
disrupting an era
as the soul oozes blood

reality forgets its signature
puzzled lines on its forehead
try to discern
between  inside and outside
between the reality of illusion
and starkness of  the other  reality

cameras inside continue to focus
on the next aspiring model
outside, fear prevails
like an unknown monster
to save the soul of the city.


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