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Rusting Rocket-Ships

February 13, 2024
By Vikramaditya BRONZE, Delhi, Other
Vikramaditya BRONZE, Delhi, Other
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They wait in hopeful silence

Perched by the shrub-shrouded stands

Like little ladybugs in forgotten grass

Our childhood rocket-ships

 

Their colour spent like currency

On interstellar adventures

Until they stood bare and bruised

And glowed red with dreams

 

Their outer hulls boast of hungry rust

Built up over reckless rainy evenings

That dried up fleetingly

As rockets turned to racquets to Rubik’s

 

The rocket-ships seem weak now

Their rust taunting the longing eyes

That bulge and strain to see

Rusted bicycles in untrimmed grass



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