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 blue shirt put its arms around
The faded pair of jeans;
As the turtleneck was necking with
The purple gabardines.
A daring pair of Western shirts
Swung past me in a blur;
Dragging along two halter tops
Of fabric gossamer.
My word! Did I just catch a glimpse
Of someone’s precious thong?
As it faded in the spinning, swinging,
Writing rainbow throng.
Waylon is wailing out his heart,
The dance is in full swing;
Waiting for Waylon to be done are
Shania and The King.
In its hazy, acrid, smoky air
I quaff some fluid brown;
As if my lonesome sorrows into
A cheap plastic cup drown.
“Why can’t I be like Garth or Hank
or some other hepcat?”
I wondered while sorting my load
At the local Laundromat.