Leaf-counters

Cartoon characters need to keep talking

Their blah, blah balloons must be hovering

Then only their emptiness is hidden

They talk high things seated in their divan

Of country, war and peace and even God

But an ounce of doing is for them hard

They are busy planning, counting engagements

To make speeches with more enumerations

In a sweet mango grove a bunch barged in

To count trees and leaves, leaving fruits therein

Arent they fools untasting fruits, over leaves din ?

Let us not be like silly leaf counters

In silence lets search for God in all encounters

Hes the luscious fruit lying unseen by sounders

Blah, blah, balloon bobs

Cartoon characters walk on

Missing fruits for leaves

21/6/2002; Direct into computer; 10.27 p.m.

Leaf-counters

Cartoon characters need to keep talking;

Their blah, blah balloons must be hovering

- Then only their emptiness is hidden.

They talk high things seated on their divans,

Of country, war and peace and even God.

But an ounce of doing is for them too hard

- They are busy planning, counting engagements

To make more speeches with yet more

enumerations.

In a sweet mango grove a bunch barged in

To count the trees and leaves, leaving the fruit unseen

Untasted. Why did these fools so fussily come in?

Let us not be silly leaf-counters.

In silence let's search for God in all encounters

He's the luscious fruit lying unseen by talkers

Blah, blah, balloon bobs.

Cartoon characters walk on,

Missing fruit for leaves.