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Never-ending Illusions
 
  M. Sridhar
 
 
The hands of the clock
that imagine they are crossing
time boundaries
as they go ticking
the traffic light
that thinks it's bringing time to a halt
even for a very short while
as it changes its colours
and mere ideals
that seek to bring about changes
in social structure
keep moving round and round-
one unable to go beyond the clock's frame
another unable to cross the road boundaries
and the other unable to go beyond the confines
of their narrow thinking-
in never-ending
circles of illusion
 
(Translation of M. Sridhar's Telugu poem 'Paribhramistunnayellappudu' by the author)
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