His guilt wiped out mine

I borrowed or stole a thought

From a leading Indian novelist

And marveled at his foresight

In forming such like thoughts

Till I had stumbled upon

The same thought made by someone

A millennium ago.

I have shed my guilt of my theft.

14.04.2003

END 2003 .
rmshanmug@gmail.com> <rmshanmug@yahoo.com> Ph 91 44 24411712, 91 9444005632, 91 9551626769