I had absolutely not the most infinitesimal iota of
hesitation; rampantly swapping cars with you,
After all what difference does it make; if not this
set of four wheels; it would be some another set of
sleazily mechanical four wheels; to transport me to
the destination of my choice…
I had absolutely not the most diminutive trace of
circumspection; wildly swapping house with you,
After all what difference does it make; if not this
pair of brick walls; it would be some another fortress
of bawdily embellished brick walls; to sequester me
all throughout the acrimoniously frozen night…
I had absolutely not the most capricious speck of
skepticism; uncontrollably swapping beds with you,
After all what difference does it make; if not this
mattress of sponge; it would be some another mattress
embedded with lifeless dunlop; to sanctimoniously rest
my monotonously beleaguered and dreadfully estranged
bones…
I had absolutely not the most ethereal of
deliberations; unceremoniously swapping cigarettes
with you,
After all what difference does it make; if not this
pipe of tobacco; it would be some another pipe filled
with lasciviously inebriating tobacco; to spuriously
tantalize my miserably bereaved senses amidst echelons
of the pompously preposterous high society….
I had absolutely not the most ephemeral of
uncanniness; imperturbably swapping jewels with you,
After all what difference does it make; if not this
design of diamond; it would be some other design of
meaninglessly scintillating diamond; to adorn the
overwhelmingly salacious and greedy pair of bones; in
my worthlessly molecular body…
I had absolutely not the most evanescent of
vibrations; nonchalantly swapping wine and vixen with
you,
After all what difference does it make; if not this
flesh and intoxication it would be some another
tawdrily titillating flesh and sensuousness; to make
me abhorrently enliven every evening of my already;
brutally devastated life…
I had absolutely not the most obsolete of
repercussions; timelessly swapping pieces of land with
you,
After all what difference does it make; if not this
patch of land then it would be some another dolorously
adulterated chunk of land; to hold my vapidly
quavering and treacherously indolent feet…
I had absolutely not the most minuscule of
apprehensions; blatantly swapping food with you,
After what difference does it make; if not this morsel
of eatery then it would be some another morsel of
parasitically acquired eatery; to mollify the
demonically untamed pangs of hunger; in my rancidly
ribald and savagely cannibalistic stomach…
I had absolutely not the most tiniest of reservations;
explicitly swapping eyes; ears; lips; legs and shadow
with you,
After all what difference does it make; if not this
vision; organs and senses; then it would be some
another penuriously measly vision; organ and senses;
to punctiliously guide me through each unfurling
moment of my diminutively destined life…
But I couldn’t for even the most priceless ingredient
of life in me; swap the divinely womb which evolved me
and the beloved who nourished my impoverished
existence outside of it; for an infinite more
lifetimes,
Because not only would it make a staggering difference
to me if I did so; but god’s entire planet would
dwindle and deteriorate outside the instant I dare
even think of such a dastardly act; I dare even think
of raunchily swapping his two most sacrosanct gifts;
his two most immortal blessings in my blood and life…
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