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CANVASS—1(red) 
 
I like red colour always 
like ten horses who drag 
the chariot of sun 
 
 
your fingertips enameled 
with red nail-polish 
the under-water plants 
with blackish red leaves 
akin to blood 
 
 
you spread this blood everyday 
on the dry earth 
in the name of religion 
in disguise of revolt 
sometimes thru air-attacks 
or the marching of armies with bullets 
 
 
but how valuable is this red 
without a drop of which 
the life becomes a white canvass 
 
rajkumar@kolkata 
17-05-2009 
Rajkumar Mukherjee

CANVASS--1(red)