Hide and Seek - part 8 - Rhyming & Non Rhyming Poems Read online

23. NEWSPAPER  

  It contained infinite lines of embossed literature; printed with blackest ink one could find,

  It contained innumerable adages highlighting real life situations; a jugglery of frivolous cartoons,

  It contained a brief report portraying prevalent weather; an accurate analysis of the total rain,

  It contained a column incorporating the price of gold and silver; the erratic fluctuations of the stock market,

  It contained a page for entertainment; indicating the latest releases on silver screen as well as the alluring serials to be telecast on television,

  It contained an enthusing section on sports; the current positions of teams battling it out sedulously around the globe,

  It contained critical issues on the world of pragmatic politics; a daily update on the leaders who sculptured the nation,

  It contained items about wide spread burglaries; a discerning insight into the lives of the crime lords,

  It contained bountiful sections on fashion and glamour; blatantly revealing the most contemporary trends in the nation,

  It contained elements of medical science; the astronomical advancements in the field of intricate surgery,

  It contained condensed biographies of living legends; the revered historians who left an accentuated mark in this world,

  It contained an amalgamated space for ludicrous jokes; instilling loads of levity in the atmosphere,

  It contained battalion of advertisements; with newly opened companies endeavoring to lire as big a market as they possibly could,

  It contained a rectangular space for sacrosanct quotes; a conglomerate of sagacious axioms from the holy bible,

  It contained flash reports about outbursts of sporadic violence in city; cautioning all concerned to stay confined to their homes,

  It contained indispensable information about the intensely afflicted; trying to propagate the message of ecumenical brotherhood and peace,

  It contained animated pictures of wild animals; a sneak into the mystical life encompassing the dense jungles,

  It contained a bulk of segments exhibiting local news; the rise and fall of luminaries in the town,

  It contained all those things which were inevitable to know; in order to prudently survive in this world,

  And I preferred reading it rather than watching the commercial news; as my newspaper emanated delectably crisp noises as I browsed; also I could even

  scrutinize it any time of the day if I so desired. 

   

  24. RECTANGULAR BAR OF CHEWING GUM 

   

  It imparted an incredulously tangy taste to my tongue; embedding its flavor in the remotest corners of my mouth,

  Made irrefutably sure that I emanated a ravishing aroma all day; without the

  tyranny of brushing my garden of pointed teeth.

  It engendered me to produce loads of saliva; spitting it intermittently on concrete pavements,

  Changed the complexion of my voice from a rustically hoarse and sonorous; to

  one which was sweet American slang.

  It served as an excellent alternative to passing time; as I painstakingly rolled it behind my lips,

  Molding it into a plethora of shapes before eventually gulping it; occasionally protruding some part of it in the outside air.

  It had the ability to incorrigibly stick to strands of my hair; unceremoniously sticking between the silken follicles,

  Resisting all attempts to come out when I plucked; with the only option remaining was mercilessly tonsuring my scalp with a barbaric razor.

  It fomented an incessant flow of tingling sensations in my persona; producing a host of slurping noises as I talked,

  Impregnated my body with a feeling of perpetual contentment; reigning supreme over all other existing taste.

  It intractably blended with my intestines when I inadvertently swallowed it; resting peacefully like a parasitic leech,

  And despite frantic attempts on my part to drive it out; didn’t extrude as I expurgated my bowels.

  It proved to be an indispensable commodity while in business meetings; easing

  tumultuous tension from my nerve-racked mind,

  Helping me divert my attention sporadically; envisage and chalk new policies with loads of innovative precision.

  It caused me to slip when adhering to the rough floor; losing my balance awkwardly as I unconsciously tread on,

  Although I didn’t rebuke or castigate it vehemently; as I found myself lying on the celestial feet of my sweetheart.

  It impregnated a chirpy aura to my demeanor; making me superficially perceive

  years beyond my age,

  And the best thing about it was that it formed a gigantic bubble when I dexterously inflated it; blowing slim draughts of air trapped in my chest,

  As it snapped with a thunderous bang into multiple fragments; which was all

  that was now left of my rectangular bar of chewing gum.

  25. SILVER COBWEB 

  It glistened magnificently under the brilliant sun; resembling the enigmatic

  and mystical angel,

  It shimmered majestically under the fluorescent beams of moon; looking like the swirling waves of sea eventually culminating into froth,

  It wavered rampantly with the gusty breeze; occasionally snapping apart some of its flocculent threads,

  It nonchalantly greeted the inclement rain; thoroughly despising fat globules of water striking against its flimsy silhouette,

  It trapped scores of innocuous insects in its viscous womb; a plethora of young fledglings who tried to permeate its territory,

  It was firmly riveted to bifurcated branches of rustic trees; enmeshing a host of boisterous termites who dared try and butcher it,

  It had boundless strands of silk; interwoven at incongruous distances of space,

  Its beauty appeared all the more accentuated at ephemeral dawn; with hazy rays

  of light marking its incoherently rotund periphery,

  It feasted and supremely relished a meal of blood sucking bat; which inadvertently got ensnared flying haphazardly in the night,

  It was embossed with tinges of dull gray; with its color appearing almost invisible to the unsuspecting intruder,

  It also inhabited residential dwellings; a cluster of cloistered places and dilapidated mansions being its hot favorite,

  It got mercilessly blown away in thunderous storms; who dismantled it from its

  very roots without the slightest of respite,

  It was wholesomely silky in complexion; with its long follicles partially engulfed by poisonous juices,

  It looked ominous in the ambience of open space; and yet at the same time was

  a treat to admire for the scientist and philanderer,

  It was profoundly oblivious to sound; the only thing it relied on being nimble

  sensations of touch,

  It itself didn’t posses the slightest of odor; the only scent that wafted from its demeanor was that of incarcerated prey,

  It was a dreadful nuisance for housewives; who didn’t spare it the moment they

  sighted it; swapping it uncouthly with their tall broomsticks,

  It was virtually found inhabiting all corners of the globe; not sparing the even the most immaculate of corner,

  And the most incredulous thing about it was that it impregnated a potbellied spider; which was ever ready to unsparingly gobble any palpable organism that got caught,

  Which hereby concludes the story of the network of satiny threads which

  formed the silver cobweb.