Bath
When i took a bath in red acrylic paint,
my body resembled the sun fading in murky horizons of dusk.
when i drenched myself with coal tar liquid,
snow white patches of my skin transited to ghastly black.
when i sprinkled buckets of rotten vegetable juice in plenty,
i smelt like i had last bathed in innocent childhood.
when i rolled wildly in mud lying in fresh pools of rain,
multiple pores of my body went berserk in heated euphoria.
when i poured large cans of honey extracted from bee-hive,
my body became a breeding place for red ant and worm.
when i swam in white icy waters of the mountain stream,
i shivered incessantly with a plethora of goose-bumps instantly formed.
When I submerged myself in a tank of steaming acid,
soft layers of flesh got denuded of silky hair.
when I engulfed myself in churned green chili juice,
i felt live currents of electricity circulating through my blood.
when I sprayed petrol with high pressured hose,
entangled mass of my intestine vomited settled food granules.
And finally when I stood beneath a shower oozing gold coin,
I felt this bath should go on for decades immemorial.
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Submitted by nikhilparekh on September 28, 2019
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 1,111 |
Words | 198 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
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