Xantippe (Pleiades Form)

Xantippe

(Pleiades Form)

P K Routray

P Gaan

Xantippe I am married to, as ill-luck would have it,

X-rays she my gestures and postures to pick up a thread to quarrel and quit.

X-mass holidays I spent in utter disgust and frustration,

Xylography I practiced to spend time somehow in desperation.

xylopyrography she experimented on me with her nails sharp,

xyster she did not use, thank god, to scrap,

xyloid she is made up of without any pulp