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Still! Even on this!!
What to talk of untying the knot,
it does not move even,
instead,
62 Silent Soil
the roots of the sharp teeth
are about to shake
and the tops are about to crack.
Lo! The soft gums have been scratched in this struggle,
flesh is about to peep from them.
Beholding this happening
the tongue getting excited spoke: "O rassi (rope)!
My and your names
have the same zodiac, but today
you are not ras-si (juicy),
you are looking quite nirasa (sapless).
Up till now
you were simple,
were taken as a grand mother,
elder sister
broad-minded and slender,
now you are simple no more!
You have become densely knotty and
densely obstinate.
