déjà vu

(by Randeep Wadehra)

across my window
gray skies unfold
sheets of water
brown streams
hop on to black roads
from green sidewalks
a half naked urchin joins
the crisscrossing rivulets
his dark skin glistens
black hair slither
down his head
wrap his face
 in wet embrace
a red car speeds through puddles
drenching the child in its wake
his off-white teeth sparkle
a long forgotten whoop
escapes my lips
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