CONTENTS
PREFACE 5
WHAT PAUSES DO YOU SELL? 9
THIS FALL MOTHER 10
AND THE LIKES OF HIM WILL SEEK SILENCE 12
YOU: MAGNANIMOUSLYTHE SAME! 14
THE HONOURED DISGRACE 16
RUNAWAY FROM ME 18
ABRAHAM AGAIN 19
THEY SAY IT MUST BE CALLED LOVE 20
THE BLANK VERSE 22
THE JOURNEY UNTO YOU 24
YOU REMEMBER 26
A TRAIN WAITING BY THE GATE OF TONGUE-SLIPS 27
TO THE WHOEVER 'YOU' 29
THE WATER CREEPS DEEP 31
I MUST NOT LEAVE 33
I TALK TO YOU LIKE THE WHISPERING OF THIEVES 35
I AM PRONOUNCED DEAD 37
REMINISCES 40
COME WITH ME 43
OCCUPIED 45
LORD, I STAND A WITNESS TO THE CRIME 51
LET US TALK SENSE TONIGHT 53
DARLING PLEBISCITE 55
TELL THEM THE MORNINGS ARE STILL BRIGHT 57
NOW THAT WE HAVE CROSSED THE MIRE 59
AND THEN YOU LEFT 61
NOW THAT YOU OFFER ME THE PLATTER 63
WE WILL RETURN 65
LET'S PAUSE BY THE SHIMMER OF A LANTERN 67
FROZEN COLLAR OF MY DREAMS 69
CALL ME HOME 71
I AM THE LOVE, THE PAIN, THE INTENSITY 73
WATERLOO WAS FOUGHT AGAIN 75
SALAT-UL-FAJR 77
WAIT LET'S STALK OUR MORNING 79
STAMMERING OF A SNOWY SUM 81
YOU ARE DAMSEL AGAIN 83
THUS SPOKE MY HAKEEM 85
ME, YOU AND ME 88
GATHER ME 90
AMISS 91
DON'T STALK ME 92
INFIDELITY 94
SILENCES AFTER A DEEP SIGH 96
MY FEET SCROLL DOWN HYSTERIA 97
THE NIGHT THAT SLEPT HAYWIRE 98
LAST BREATH 99
SHALL WE NOT? 100
ANTEDILUVIAN CALLS 102
UN-SEDITIOUS 103
DEEWAR-E-ZINDAN 104
WHO IS THERE A WITNESS? 106
INCOMPLETE WRITINGS 108
i HAVE AGIFT NOW 110
I'LL CALL THE DOVE 111
POSTERITY 112
ANOTHER NIGHT I SLEEP 114
ENLIGHTENMENT 115
EID GREETINGS 117
LAST JOURNEY 118
RENDEZVOUS WITH HEARSAY 119
MY PEOPLE 121
FREEDOM ALRIGHT 123
MOTHER, I SAY 125
INTROSPECTION 127
I WROTE 128
WE ARE YET TO COLLECT OUR SAY 129
THIS IS NOT THE ABODE 129
WHEN EYES CANNOT SEE 130
I AM THE JOURNEY, I AM THE BLAME 130
THE DROPS OF SUMMER RAIN 131
COME TO ME 131
BLOOD THAT PAINTED HER EYE 132
WHERE MY TIERS LIE 132
HOLD MY HAND 133
A LIFE TO VOMIT 133
WINTER RATTLES AGAINST 134
I PLEAD GUILTY SIR 134
THEY TASTE THE SALT 135
FAR TONIGHT 136
THE BLANK PAPER IS YET FOLDED 136
I MUST HAVE BEEN IN LOVE 137
FEAR MY BOY 137
YOU ARE THE SIN
I HAVE DECIDED TO KEEP YOU 138
MAYBE 138