1.

I see many tigers in dreams. Some of them are small, some big.
Some of dark-brown, some stripped. They are
my personal tigers. Sometimes they get frightened
and mew like the domestic cats.
Sometimes they look like burning candles.

My sleep now looks
to be a trip to the world of animals,
especially of tigers who colour my life.

2.

Rainos are pachyderms.
They cannot respond to rains
and winter easily.

In moon light the rhinos
often come out with bowls
in hands for collecting contributions.

Even in dreams, I get wonder stuck.

This age is a rhino age.
Only a great fire can end it.

Notes on Buffalo

Buffalos graze on our pastures.
They don’t know
that indigo houses have memories,
So, they easily
can get themselves melted
in the soft light of morning.

While going to the market everyday
I look at the grazing horses
beside the indigo house
beside the yellow pages.
3.

I found me in dream, seated on the back of a lively horse.
The horse was galloping. The driver, with reign in hand
inspired the horse towards greater momentum.
I felt a great shiver in my body.
Suddenly it came to my mind that
I had not asked the driver how much
I was to pay him for this ride.
I did not have much money.
Being worried, I caught cow
of a hanging branch of a tree
and climbed it.
The rider continued
his journey.
He did not have
any knowledge of my leaving the horse.

4.

In dream I saw myself running,
being chased by to big animals
– a wild ox and an elephant.
I jumped up and climbed
the top of a high wall.
Some branches of a big tree
were hovering over the wall.
The elephant put its trunk
forward and almost caught me.
I broke a branch and bent it severely.

5.

I dreamt Aditya, my collegue.
Aditya means the own.
I see that some tortoises live in his throat.
6.

I see me as a farmer in dream.
I have cultivated a few acres of land.
Crops abound there.
I have built a small box-type room.
It speaks to me and understands what I say.

7.

In dream I see some santal men,
armed with bows and arrows.
They shoot arrows in darkness.
The place is a small jungle.
I get very frightened.
One of them says, “Leave this place soon.
This country is not yours.” I say, ”
where’s my country thin? ”
He points his fingers to the other bank
of the river, flowing through the jungle.

8.
Standing on river bank.
The river is quite full.
A man, Kanchan by name banked
the boat. I boarded the boat.
Kanchan, meaning gold de-anchored
the boat for reaching us the other bank.
I found the boat moving under water.
I found myself half-merged into water.
Soon all the passengers reached
the other bank safely. There I met
a policeman who scolded me several
times and asked me not to
lose my identity.

9.

A boy of dream continues calling me.
I responded, at last.
He informed me of a book-reading function
to be organized beside a lake.
I followed him
and found people, free and open
reading books there.

10.

I discovered my self in a boat
floating on the wavy seas.