Date: Sun, 01 Sep 2002 11:34:55 -0400
Subject: from thulika.net


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>PINK CHALK
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>Dog wondered
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>Why are there so many poems
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>About dogs
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>Pink chalk wondered
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>Why there are none
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>About him
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>Here, pink chalk,
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>a poem about a dog.
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>                                  --Anonymous.
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>I saw this poem on the sidewalk during my evening walk one day. I stood 
>there memorizing the lines. Next morning I went back to read again. Last 
>night's rain washed away the poem. For me the pink chalk became a metaphor 
>for women writing.
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>Here follows my perception of women writing in Andhra Pradesh.
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>          --Malathi



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