libas jal kar mere badan par chipak gaya hai
badan musalsal sulag raha hai

kahin kahin bhule bhatke shoale
utha ke lau sar ki ab bhi

bahar ko jhulte hain
jinhen main apni

jali hatheli ki pusht se khud daba raha hun
alaw se bahar aa ke

dahshat-zada nigahon se dekhta hun
kahin se ab ambulance aaegi meri jaanib

koi masiha-nafas sambhaalega aage badh kar
magar yahan to

koi masiha-nafas nahin hai
main chikhta hun koi to hoga

koi to be-ikhtiyar meri taraf bhi aae
badan se chimti qaba ko khud hi

bachi khuchi ungliyon ki poron
se chhu ke mahsus kar raha hun

ki jism hai ya jala hua pairahan hai mera
jo meri mitti mein dhans raha hai

aziyyaton ki gawahi deta hai khaliya khaliya
jakad chuka hun main is ki parton mein chahta hun

ki khinch dalun
utar phenkun ise magar ab

ise utarun
to khaal meri hi khinch lega

aur in sulagti
bachi khuchi ungliyon ki poron se nakhunon se

kuredna bhi nahin hai bas mein
jo pairahan tha

wo pairahan ab mera qafas hai
jo pairahan tha

wo pairahan ab mera badan hai