Triveni Journal

1927 | 11,233,916 words

Triveni is a journal dedicated to ancient Indian culture, history, philosophy, art, spirituality, music and all sorts of literature. Triveni was founded at Madras in 1927 and since that time various authors have donated their creativity in the form of articles, covering many aspects of public life....

The Body

Dr. V. Rama Murthy

The sagging body
Refuses to listen
It is curved or potty
Or piecemeal
Put it straight
It falls sideways
Put it down
It is upside down
Gather it up
It spills all over.

The hapless thing
Has no concern
For what you will
It is a discardable appendage.

That seems to say:
Death at forty is perhaps good
As the mind and body then
Are of equal age.

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