{"id":3316,"date":"2014-06-26T03:51:42","date_gmt":"2014-06-25T22:21:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/anilg.in\/?p=3316"},"modified":"2014-06-26T04:12:27","modified_gmt":"2014-06-25T22:42:27","slug":"and-roses-on-the-highway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anilg.in\/?p=3316","title":{"rendered":"And roses on the highway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>He is a good boy<br \/>\nImaginative<br \/>\nImpulsive<br \/>\nAnd at times<br \/>\nImpatient<br \/>\nBut<br \/>\nHe is a very good boy<br \/>\nHe will not care for any courtesy<br \/>\nWhy hang it on your window<br \/>\nWhen<br \/>\nYou have the courage  to make love in the open<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s how<br \/>\nHe defines life<br \/>\nUnmindful of any rules<br \/>\nThat come in the way<br \/>\nOf growing cacti<br \/>\nIn the garden<br \/>\nOr flowers on the road<br \/>\nHe is a very good boy<br \/>\nHe is not sure<br \/>\nHe has a heart<br \/>\nThat is very pure<br \/>\nNever would wish<br \/>\nBad to any one<br \/>\nBut his mind<br \/>\nWeaves a carpet of threads<br \/>\nThat are unhinged from long past<br \/>\nWorn-out<br \/>\nSoiled<br \/>\nFaded<br \/>\nBut threads of a past<br \/>\nSome real<br \/>\nSome fake<br \/>\nHe is<br \/>\na very good boy<br \/>\nHe loves his ma<br \/>\nLike no one would ever do<br \/>\nAfter a long time<br \/>\nHe has begun<br \/>\nTo dig the nursery<br \/>\nTo sow the seedlings<br \/>\nParsley<br \/>\nAnd tulips<br \/>\nWill he grow tulip<br \/>\nOn the traffic lighting don&#8217;t know<br \/>\nTime will show<br \/>\nHe is concerned<br \/>\nAbout the woes of the world<br \/>\nHe cares too much<br \/>\nFor the authentic witness<br \/>\nOf the judgment<br \/>\nThat will be passed every day<br \/>\nAnd was passed earlier too<br \/>\nWhen he threw away the<br \/>\nFrisbee in the bush<br \/>\nAnd hid the jewels behind the cupboard<br \/>\nIt didnt matter<br \/>\nWhat was done<br \/>\nIt didn&#8217;t matter what was said<br \/>\nIt didn&#8217;t matter what was lost<br \/>\nIt didn&#8217;t matter<br \/>\nWho was hurt<br \/>\nHe moved on<br \/>\nBut didn&#8217;t<br \/>\nHe comes back again and again<br \/>\nTo that self<br \/>\nWhen he wrote a book<br \/>\nBlaming someone<br \/>\nWhose love he didn&#8217;t understand<br \/>\nBut that is ok<br \/>\nHe is a very good boy<br \/>\nStill<br \/>\nA Very  good boy<br \/>\nNo  matter<br \/>\nHow does he get entangled<br \/>\nIn politics of whose unsettled battles<br \/>\nHe is wasted sometimes a bit by bit<br \/>\nBut he can regrow<br \/>\nEvery cell of the tissue<br \/>\nLike menopausal blood<br \/>\nOf his mother<br \/>\nHe loves regrowth<br \/>\nNo matter of cacti in garden<br \/>\nAnd roses on the highway<br \/>\nHe does not care<br \/>\nCars burying the petals don&#8217;t scare<br \/>\nHe is a brave boy<br \/>\nHe is a very good boy<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/anilg.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/image8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/anilg.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/image8.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"image\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1920\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anilg.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/image8.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/anilg.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/image8-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/anilg.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/image8-819x1024.jpg 819w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He is a good boy Imaginative Impulsive And at times Impatient But He is a very good boy He will not care for any courtesy Why hang it on your window When You have the courage to make love in the open That&#8217;s how He defines life Unmindful of any rules That come in the &hellip; 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