Date:         Tue, 21 Jan 1997 08:26:18 -0800
Subject:      SUB: Valentine's Contest: "Banyan Tree": Poetry

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 Banyan Tree
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  Eager waves frolic with the endless azure
  as he awaiting his fate
  chomps down the meal hungrily
  naked pleasure in  aged eyes .

  In smiles ,jokes, concealing fear
  the day passes as if any other.
  They come for him in green
  a white trolley awaiting.

  Touching the elders' feet in reverence
  then with folded hands, searching eyes
  he wishes us all well
  as the  doors close.

  Knowing there is little hope
  we all who grew under this Banyan shade
  await the onslaught of the hot blinding sun,
  Eyes stoned on the door.

  Endless waiting ,wavering hope
  brings cool winds of monsoon
  then dainty hesitant drizzle
  And finally rain.

  The  quenched earth
  yields fragrance to the breeze
  as brilliant colours sprout
  into a rainbow.



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