One poem by Arun Budhathoki

Shortage

Everything is in shortage here

Everything I say

Electricity Petrol Transportation

Food Constitution Love

Everything

But we live adjusted happily

Together Separate

We don’t care about shortage

Simply live living

But it’s too much

Fed up

With this that this that

Shortages

Shortage of Mind Peace Education

Richness

Why are we poor? I ask

But why did this happen?

The figs flutter

Faces grumble

They stare

Buildings flash

Memories break up like wooden sticks

Twart! I guess the sound is

Love is ice-cream

You eat more

Don’t care – Diabetes Death

Love is sweet I’m sweet

She said

That’s not shortage

Love is not!

Arun Budhathoki (Daniel Song) is from Nepal. He has recently published his first poetry book – Edge. He currently runs the journal The Applicant (http://www.theapplicant.org/) and mostly writes poetry.