കന്നഡ കവിതകൾ - Jayant Kaikini
1997, Jayant Kaikini From: Neelimale Publisher: Patrike Prakashana, Bangalore, 1997 SCRIPT - Jayant Kaikini When did the ant develop a taste for the news? Or did it always nurse it within? Crawling along the newspaper spread on the floor, it devours each letter of news, first the big headlines of national mourning later the medium-sized bride-burning bit and those who slit each other’s throats for a dime, and then the small fonts of suicide, missing persons etc . . . Thus polishing off each item, the ant has left. The paper’s blank now like the pale cheeks of a pregnant woman who died for want of blood Roll it up now and see the stars at the end of the tube or place it to your ear and hear somebody digging a trench somewhere faraway Place it between your lips and play the flute or if you so wish, abandon it in the bamboo forest nearby Now the only fear is, where is the ant and where is the trail of blood at its feet? © ...