Parodies and a Sonnet

The River

Oh, she flows, spreads, the River! And she floats our dreams

Who cuddles us within her cool tideless appeal

She catches leaves and hides the fish in her bed so deep

A liquid theme where our history and culture swim.

Down, down, you will not hear her like the sea but drifts still

Don’t panic on her current for it heals – mind, body, grief

Today we rise like her, pouring with hope and concern

Where He, the open sea awaits for our sweet return.

(Parody of The Little Rain by Tu Fu)

Song, to a Stalker

Don’t look at me with your bulgy eyes,

Horrible! It’s not meant with mine;

Wipe that kiss within the cup,

Or take a bath using your wine.

The thirst that from your soul rise

Should never ask a drink so divine;

Honestly! I of Aphrodite’s nectar sup,

Would not even care for thine.

You sent thee late a rosy wreath

Well, gave me blisters and allergies

Rejection is all you can get there

It could not withered be!

The wreath you gave didst only breathe

Of dead rats, why senst to me?

Since when I’m a lady, marry I swear

Not of yourself, but thee.

(Parody of Song to Celia by Ben Jonson )

Obloquy

Rights! Furnish them all their —

Vinegar-soaked epidermis

                Bilabial thread- squeezed, hair

                Where their perfections uncease!:

                Jack , they grant - affable be

                Jill is as delightful as he!

                                 I am: yet, barely one knows

                                 Forsake me like cerebrum lost – say

                                 Aye, labeled cannibal of my woes…

                                 Still to be floured, eau de toilette

                                 Lend me a look, tape me a face

                                 To change my color – a grace?

                But, He comes down, decides the   Race War
                Rights! Furnish us with all our —

(Sonnet about Racial Discrimination)

These poems were written by a 3rd year college student. That is me. These are from her book A DESTINATION MICROCHIP, a travelogue which was the major requirement in the subject World Literature.