Friday, May 22, 2020

THE SONG OF LIBERTY/ मुक्ति-गान

THE SONG OF LIBERTY


Yes, I didn't have the vagina.
A mother and a lover though I had been
Until I became
this vagina-having-vagina-speaking woman.
Until I re-examined my existence
with the vagina as metaphor,
with an understated brilliance.
Until I went days, weeks, months, years
without ever viewing it
or knowing its being
there.
Mother taught me about its invisibility.
Sister taught me how to place a pad
down there, yes there (whispering)
once I menstruated.
And I turned from a small girl to a gentle lady,
of course not thinking of
it. The vagina.
Without ever looking at it.
They thought
they were politically correct
about it. The vagina
"It's your dignity girl!!"
I was truly, gently worried about
this dignity of mine, whom I can
never see, but others can!!
Seeing the vagina, though, is such a relative
many-pronged act!


I had no sentient
bond with it. The vagina.
It was just there. Down there.
Like the vault.
It was a room I never visited.
The dark room of the mind.
Closed for convenience.
Other parts of my body echoed
each other, flooded into each other.
But the vagina was a just functional
vacuity, arbitrarily sucking
up air as there was nothing else
to suck.
It was the connoisseur
like a black animal
mooing there. Down there.
Then they made me the seafarer among seafarers
like all married women.
And wished him
to be the vast sea.
Now I was a married girl
after all! But as a raiment
I was cast off that day. That night.
Like skin he tore me off
with hunger, sweat and thirst.
I couldn't sojourn no longer.
As I marched ahead, I left
the vineries. An illimitable drop
in a ceaseless ocean. My heart became
a cellar, like a tree heavy-laden
with an ovary that I wanted to ruck
and offer him. As if


it were my day of yielding crops
in an unremembered time
in the history of vagina-tales.
He grumbled, screamed about the
cold, frigid, dry, lifeless woman, most
uninviting, clogged, sexless, virginals.
Nothing like the women
he explored out there.
He was the chaperone
for many, never for me though.
I asked him once if flaring my vagina
on the operation table
would stop him from looking for
newer pasture grounds? That left
my audacities
black and bruised.
But any spiky sharpness won't
stick into me. Those nights.
Because there was no none vagina.
He picked the parts of my body he
wanted.
No lips, no none breasts.
No neck no nape no none cheeks.
Just the vagina. The dry-like-fig vagina.
And got it smarmy with a dark
hot oily greasy liquid
got from the local sorcerer
for rupees two,
that burnt me there
right there
that spent away my soul.

The black bile from the local sorcerer
got the 'dry' woman 'wet', bloody wet,
for his convenience.
The chastity belt broke
again and again
like that one I had read
in One Hundred Years of Solitude.
The black filament broke,
the weaver looked into the
unabridged rag
scanned the loom
but found naught.
Nothing came out of nothing.
He believed in
Killing the goose that laid the golden eggs
like the covetous man in that tale from Aesop's Fables.
I was the way
the nomads would be.
Vaginaless, still
after being slaughtered.
It lasted till mornings.
On and on and on.
Till finally I was a skeleton.
Skeleton skeleton skeleton.
No smiling eyes no chubby cheeks
anymore.
No more the doll that I was.
I was ugly.
The ugly duckling, no more
the Princess charming, I
was bruised and battered.

Not to be celebrated
as a woman needs to be.
Thin ribs. Heavy weight tummy. 
I was his private chattel
written by an unrecorded law.
I was his.
Anyway,
my fortitude, silence, my melting
eyes pissed him off. Offended him.
Made him impotent more, every night.
"Home" became a bloodcurdling place
from where I wanted to flee. Hard hitting
domestic slaps
that came naturally to men
to him
were a part of the game by now.
The vagina game.
The sadomasochist reveled in.
Corroborated facts with
fiction.
I wanted fortification, security,
shelter for the vagina.
The reiterated abuse was
taking away my confidence.
I had but a hurt, sad vagina;
it was a bad-luck borough
in my body
that I wished to cast away,
To be
A vaginalesswoman
was my wish.
Life would be then
a different ball game altogether.


I ended the marriage.
The lifeless vagina played
the strategy;
this was my body politics.
The never happy never gratified
famished man did it,
the vaginaless woman
was cast-off.
Just that - I was pregnant.
There was no blood no more
on the petticoats and
no none on the white sheets.
But blood in my eyes.
Though no one noticed it.
They were happy that
my vagina had stopped
bleeding for long nine months.
I was home.

I became a mother.
Think of the childbirth?
When the vagina is not
any edgy erotic hovel
yearning for coitus
Pretty much it's an
archaeological tunnel.
Like the archaeological tunnel
of the Rameswaram temple.
Think of the inside long corridors
of the pious shrine...
A sanctified bowl, the vagina, an appallingly
fighting fit subway
with a baby besieged with the barriers
eager
to be enlightened
to be free of the snare.

The mother's vagina is like
a catholic enflamed throbbing heart.
Capable of suffering silently.
Ready to absolve and mend,
Ready for revolution.
Expand-contract-contract-expand.
The forgiving vagina.
With motherhood, with a forgiving vagina,
I was home.
No, no... I had never had a home
till that day.
Until I was the mother of
the four month old.
Till I met this man.
Love, love oh love!
We went to meadows and precincts
to revise that it is the inclination
of the bee to pleat honey
of the flower. But it's also the desire
of the flower to revenue
its honey to the bee -
no one voiced this knowledge!
It was dribbled into my ears
it's fine to have a vaginaless bonding
with a man, because you care!
Love, love ah love!!
The vaginaless love.

But
now that I had touched the
mountain top, I initiated the climb.
As if I was longing to bring forth
honeyed harmony from
chaotic echoes.
The vagina game again!
The body politics.
Context was all.
The body in full swing
maturing to mellow fruitfulness;
desiring lips and blooming breasts ;
the body was perceptive of its heritage
one day
and of its rightful needs. The vagina
song was sung - I cannot be
deceived anymore.
Denial was, after all,
the worst form of sexual violence!!
My flame and smoke
started offending
the wind, burdened the clouds.
Have you ever overheard
of this woman
(people gibberish a lot about her!)
who was ploughing the soil for ancestries
and
by mistake found a paragon?
A hidden treasure!
Yes.
That woman was me.

Then, one day,
the vagina question.
The vagina quest.
There.
Dialogue
with the hidden treasure.
Debates. More debates.
The man could have never imagined
His woman conjuring up sexual pleasure!!
He couldn't stand a
rejuvenated, no nonsense
blistering, exultant vagina.
Depth-hungry vagina.
Benevolence famished vagina.
Silent yet free vagina.
Screaming for orgasms vagina.
Desiring to desire more vagina.
"Lady!! Dare to call yourself a slut!"
He told so matter-of-factly.
Beleaguered I was
in isolation
The saga ended one day.
It had to.
Of course it had to.
The vaginaless love had to.
I was thinking
someone would come
someday
to pick out a way for me.


To bounce me back
with orgasms.
Though I hadn't seen, ever, the
obscure enigmatic foreplay.
I hadn't had
no erect nipples, no wetness.
No moaning
from my melodious voice.
Context was all.
The immense, uncanny
shocking sounds of the men was all.

Ages and ages passed.
Time flew like the fine sand
in the hourglass.
The woman went into perish
but not into emptiness.

And then came joy.
Once.
In the City of Joy.

I asked the eternal question.
Oh dear!
Speak to me of the vagina truth.
Are mental orgasms
any different
from the physical ones??
The veracity of reaching the soul
through the body, is it an art? Tell me the truth.
Is an orgasm elusive for me?
Am I asking for too much?
And he replied
benevolent,

"oh you beautiful woman!
Vagina song is the song of liberty.
Let me celebrate your body, let me
adore you oh lady!
Though it's not complete sovereignty.
It's the blooming of your aspiration.
Yet it's not the pod.
It's the gravity crying
into a loftiness, through moaning.
But it's neither bottomless or light
nor is it opaque.
It's imprisoned somewhere
in the mind.
The vagina
Yes it's in the mind.
It won't speak
unless the cosmos of the body and mind
are embraced as an organic whole
and unless the soul is engaged.
Sing the vagina song of entirety
flow with the fountain of being.
After all it's basic of an ecstatic soul
in an euphoric body!
Asking for an orgasm,
you are no slut.
No ignominy to desire orgasms!
No blasphemy it is, oh lady!!"
I felt beautiful in his hands.
Wet and turned on.
(Remember the black bile to wet
a parched, dry vagina, smeared coldheartedly?)
I felt like the dark marble statue
on the body of the Konark.

Delicate and delicious.
I comprehended,
he was my unanticipated, unpredicted,
politically inappropriate
redemption.
Yes.
The moan of a woman
has its cloistered morphology
oozing from some cryptic veiled
chunk of the form.
With moans from my private self
I overwhelmed my public self.
A silent woman suddenly
singing this wild song!
I caught the home of the moans.
The vagina.
Like the neurosurgeon finds
where exactly the polyps are
in the operation theatre.
Again, the vagina game got
suffocating, inevitably.
When rest other social games
crept in, one day.
It had to
Of course it had to.
Well.
This vagina tale is not
about me, per se.
It's about an era and a domicile
where vaginas have no espousals.
Homeless and homebound vaginas.

the vaginas
These days, at leisure, I ponder over
of womenfolk. Grown-up women,
fledgling women, lesbians,
teachers, friends, foes,
sex workers, Brahmakumaris,
homemakers, nuns, married women
and transgenders.
I feel, yes, that's true!
Women speak with
their bodies.
It's like a therapy.
Writing this poem.
Of precluding evil mess happening to women
who aren't vagina conscious.
A sisterhood poem is it.
The vagina-bonding poem.
It's like addressing the torment
intangibly in quietness
forever
finding a way to manifest.
Woman, do not feel like dirt
being browbeaten, if ever,
and if it's a rape.
Fight fit while
taking Aaron Lee to task, and the patriarchal thought,
"Life is like a rape. If we cannot resist it,
split the legs and enjoy it."
Woman, let the conviction within my credence
sing to the
auricle in your auricle.

Desire, drink, but
let no vagina game drink you
for sure.
No feminist thought it is.
I loathe to impose standards
of feminism and gender justice
on a fantasy
I would rather celebrate the strength
and intricacy of women
in playing the vagina game
as a game of power!!
The body politics.
No black-and-white game for me please,
Give me all shades of
grey. ing
Of acceptance without judgement. 2uon
Because, vagina-conscious,
I am convinced of my own worth.
In your journey from
girl child to teen ager to adult,
let the passion
within your depth
spare the truth.
Reject the inkling to stay within the
confines of gender stereotypes,
customize your aptitude
with your tiny little sword,
the vagina.
Let it be no counter-discourse of
the penis as the sword.
  
Do this, dare do this,
while managing to look like feel like
an Amazonian cherished dream!
Negotiate your life voyage
with
the vagina truth.




मुक्ति-गान

The song of Liberty

हाँमेरे पास ‘योनि नहीं है।
माँ बनने और प्रेमिका बनने के बाद भी

जब तक मैं नहीं बन जाती
योनि वाली होकर यौनता के बारे में बोलने वाली नारी
जब तक मैं अपने अस्तित्व की पुनः परीक्षा नहीं कर लेती
योनि शब्द का अलंकार के तौर पर
बेहिचक शान के साथ

जब तक मैं दिनसप्ताहमहीनों और सालों तक
देख या जान नहीं लेती उसके ‘वहाँ’ होने का अहसास
माँ ने मुझे उसकी ‘अदृश्यता  समझाई
बहिन ने सिखाया ‘पैड लगाना
जरा नीचे हाँइधर! (बुदबुदाते हुए)
जब पहली बार मैं रजस्वला हुई
और बदल गई एक छोटी लड़की से भद्र महिला में,
सच में इसके बारे में सोचे बिना।
वे सोच रहे थे
राजनैतिक तौर पर सही
“योनि - यह तुम्हारी मान-मर्यादा है!
सही मेंथोड़ी-सी मैं इस मान-मर्यादा के बारे में चिंतित हुई,
जिसे मैं कभी देख नहीं सकती
मगर दूसरे तो देख सकते है।
यद्यपि योनि देखना अपेक्षाकृत
ज्यादा ही दुष्कर काम है!
मेरा कोई इसके साथ
किसी भी प्रकार का मानसिक जुड़ाव नहीं है।
योनि ठीक नहीं पर है,
नीचे वहीं।

इस कक्ष में मैंने कभी प्रवेश नहीं किया
मस्तिष्क के गहन अंधेरे कक्ष में,
जो सुविधा के लिए बंद था
मेरे शरीर के हिस्से एक-दूसरे
को प्रति ध्वनित करने लगे
एक दूसरे को आप्लावित कर,
मगर योनि केवल निस्सार साधन मात्र थी
हवा को सोखने का,
क्योंकि इसके सिवाय वहां कोई नहीं था
सोखने के लिए
वह केवल रंभाते काले जानवर
के सदृश थीनीचे वहां पर।

उसके बाद उन्होने मुझे
मल्लाह बना दिया समुद्र यात्रियों के बीच
सभी शादी शुदा औरतों की तरह
और उससे विशाल समुद्र
बन जाने की इच्छा जाहिर की।
आखिरकर मैं अब शादी शुदा औरत जो थी।
मगर उस दिन मैंने यह पोशाक उतार फेंकी।
उस रात चमड़ी उधाड़ने की तरह
उसने मुझे फाड़ डाला
भूखप्यास और पसीने से तरबतर
ज्यादा समय रोक नहीं सकी
जैसे मैं आगे बढ़ीमैंने परतों को छोड़ दिया।
एक अंतहीन समुद्र में
एक असीम बिंदू
मेरा हृदय एक तहखाना बन गया,
अंडाशयों से लदे पेड़ों का
जिसे मैं तोड़कर उसे सौंपना चाहती थी
जैसे योनि कहानियों के इतिहास में
एक अविस्मरणीय क्षण की तरह
फसल पैदा करने वाला दिन हो मेरे लिए।

वह गुर्रायाचिल्लाया
हिमशीतशुष्कनिर्जीव औरत
अनामंत्रित रतिहीनकुंवारापन
एक औरत की तरह कुछ भी नहीं
उसने अन्वेषित किया।
वह बहुतों का संरक्षक था,
मगर मेरे लिए कुछ भी नहीं।
एक बार मैंने उससे पूछा कि
आपरेशन टेबल पर खुली मेरी
योनि क्या तुम्हें दूसरे हरे-भरे
मैदानों को देखने से रोक पाएगी?
इस सवाल ने छोड़ दी
मेरी धृष्टता और आहतमन को पीछे
मगर नुकीले भाले
मेरे भीतर नहीं घुसेउन रातों में
उसने मेरे शरीर के उन हिस्सों को
पकड़ाजिसे वह चाहता था
नहीं होठनहीं स्तन
 गर्दन गाल
केवल योनि
अंजीर की तरह सूखी योनि

और एक स्थानीय जादूगर से
दो रूपए में
कालागर्म तैलीय द्रव खरीदकर
उसे वहां जलाया
ठीक वहां
जिससे मेरी आत्मा मर गई।

उस जादूगर के काले रस ने
सूखी औरत को ‘गीली  कर दियापूरी तरह से गीली
उसकी खुशी के लिए
सतीत्व का बेल्ट टूटा
बारंबार
जैसा कि मैंने कहीं पढ़ रखा था
हंड्रेड ईयर्स ऑफ  सालिटयूड’ में।
कला तंतु टूट गया
जुलाहा झांकने लगा
अबुने वस्त्रों में
लूम तराशते समय
मगर उसे कुछ नहीं मिला
खोदा पहाड़ निकली चुहिया
शून्य से निकला शून्य
एसोप की कहानियों के
पात्र की तरह
सेने के अंडे देने वाली मुर्गी को
मरने में उसका विश्वास था।
मैं बंजारिन
बनाना चाहती थी
योनि रहित
हत्या हो जाने के बाद भी।

ऐसा कई दिनों तक चला,
चलता रहा-चलता रहा
और जब तक मैं अस्थिपंजर  बन गई
अस्थिपंजरअस्थिपंजरअस्थिपंजर।
 मुस्करती आंखें गुलाबी गाल
और मैं कहाँ रही नाजुक गुडिया?
मैं कुरूप हो गई
कुरूप बतख की तरह
और नहीं रही सुंदर  राजकुमारी
मैं आहतछिन्न-भिन्न
नहीं रही उत्सव के योग्य
जैसा एक नारी को होना चाहिए।
पतली पसलियाँ भारी भरकम पेट
मैं उसकी निजी वस्तु बन गई
अलिखित कानून के अंतर्गत
मैं उसकी थी।
फिर भी
मेरी किस्मतमेरी नीरवतामेरी पिघलती
आंखों ने थूका उसेकोसा उसे
नपुंसक बना दिया उसेहर रात और ज्यादा
घर अब खून मथने का जगह बनता जा रहा था
यहाँ से मैं भागना चाहती थी
जेरदार तमाचों की बरसात
जे पुरूषों को स्वभावतः आती है,
उसके लिए भी
बसवह खेल का हिस्सा बन गया।
योनि का खेल
झूठी मर्दागनी का रोब
झलक रहा था
उसके गद्य की भाषा में।

मुझे चाहिए थी किलेबंदीसुरक्षा
और शरण योनि के लिए
बारम्बार दी जाने वाली गाली
से घट रहा था मेरा आत्म-विश्वास
मेरे पास थी एक आहत दुखी योनि
मेरे शरीर में यह
बुरी किस्मत का नगर था,
जिसे मैं छोड़ देना चाहती थी
मेरी इच्छा थी
योनि रहित महिला
बनने की,
जिंदगी तब
गेंद का दूसरा खेल बन जाती
मैंने शादी के बंधन तोड़ दिए
निर्जीव योनि की यह
रणनीति थी
यह मेरी जिस्मानी राजनीति थी।
सदैव नाखुश और असंतुष्ट लोगों ने
ऐसा ही किया
योनिहीन औरत को फेंक दिया
जब मैं गर्भवती हुई
उसके बाद मेरे पेटीकोट पर
खून के और धब्बे नहीं थे
और सफेद चादरों पर भी
मगर मेरी आंखों में था खून
जो किसी को भी नजर नहीं आया
वे खुश थे कि
मेरी योनि से नौ महीने
खून बहना बंद हो गया।
मैं मकान बन गई थी।
मैं माँ बन गई
बच्चे के जन्म के बारे में सोचने लगी?
अब योनि और नहीं रही
चुभने वाली उत्तेजक कुटीर
सहवास-सदन
यह ज्यादा ही सुंदर
पुरातत्व सुरंग है
रामेश्वर मंदिर के
पुरातत्व सुरंग की तरह,
जिसमें लगे हुए हैं
लंबे-लंबे कॉरीडोर
उस पवित्र धाम के भीतर
एक पुनीत कटोरीयोनि
लड़ती हुई उन उपमार्गों से
जिसके कवच चारों तरफ से बच्चे को घेरे हो,
चमकने और बंधन से
मुक्त होने के लिए उत्सुक
माँ की योनि तो मानो
धड़कता हुआ एक कैथोलिक हृदय हो,
चुपचाप तड़पने में समर्थ
मिटने और मरम्मत के लिए सदैव तैयार
परिभ्रमण के लिए तैयार
संकुचन-विस्तारण-संकुचन-विस्तारण
क्षमावती योनि
मातृत्व के साथ
क्षमाशील योनि के साथ
मैं मकान बन गई।
नहीं नहीं ........ मेरा कभी ‘मकान नहीं था
उस दिन तक
जब तक मैं माँ नहीं बन गई
चार महीने के शिशु    की
तब तक मैं इस ‘आदमी  से मिलती रही।

प्यारप्यार, ओह प्यार!
हम मैदानों और परिसरों में गए
दोहराने के लिए कि एक मधुमक्खी
किस तरह फूल से शहद निकालती है
मगर इच्छा यह भी थी कि
फूल अपनी शहद मधुमक्खी को दे
किसी को भी इस चीज का ज्ञान नहीं था।
मेरे कानों में यह गूंजने लगा
बेहतर यही रहेगा कि योनि रहित संबंध
हो ‘आदमी के साथक्योंकि तुम ध्यान रख सकती हो।

प्यारप्यार आह प्यार!!
योनिहीन प्यार
मगर
अब जब मैंने छू लिए हैं
पर्वत शिखरमैंने चढ़ना शुरू किया
मानों मैं लाना चाहती थी
कोलाहल कल्लोल की प्रतिध्वनियों में
मधुर लय-ताल
फिर से शुरू हुआ योनि का खेल!
शरीर की राजनीति
संदर्भ सारे थे
शरीर पूरे जोर पर
फलदायक परिपक्वता की चाह में
अधरों पर चाहत और बढ़ते उरोज
शरीर को इस विरासत का मान था
एक दिन
उसकी सम्यक आवश्यकताओं के खातिर
योनि-गीत गाया गया-
मुझे कभी और धोखा
नहीं दिया जा सकता।

आखिरकरइंकार करना भी
रतिजन्य हिंसा का विकृत रूप है
मेरे भीतर की आग और धुंए ने
बादलों से लदी हवाओं को चिढ़ाना शुरू किया।

क्या आपने कभी ऐसी
औरत के बारे में सुना है?
(लोग हमेशा उसके बारे में कानाफूसी करते हैं)
वह पूर्वजों का जमीन जोत रही थी
और
गलती से अच्छी चीज मिल गई।
एक छुपा हुआ खजाना
हाँ,
वह औरत मैं ही थी।
फिर अचानकएक दिन
योनि के प्रश्न
योनि की तलाश
वहाँ
संवाद
छुपे खजाने पर
वाद-विवाद और ज्यादा वाद-विवाद
उस आदमी ने कभी ऐसा सोचा  था
उसकी औरत रति-आनंद का जादू कर रही है!
डसे पुनर्जीवन नहीं मिला
फालतू की बकझक खत्म
हंसती-मुस्कराती योनि
बुभुक्षित योनि
कल्याणकारी बदनाम योनि
नीरवफिर भी मुक्त योनि
चरमावस्था के लिए तड़पती योनि

और ज्यादा योनि बनने की चाहत में
नारी!! अपने को वैश्या कह सकती हो।
उसने कई बातें ऐसी कही
लड़ाई-झगड़ा भी किया मुझसे
अकेले में
एक दिन भंडा फूट गया
फूटना ही था
वास्तव में एक दिन
योनि रहित प्रेम के खातिर
मैं सोच रही थी
कोई आएगा
एक दिन
मुझे वहां से ले जाने के लिए।
फिर से मुझे ‘चरमावस्था
के दौरे पड़ने लगे
यद्यपि मैंने कभी नहीं देखा
रहस्यमयी अस्पष्ट पूर्व क्रीड़ा
 कभी मेरे स्तनाग्रों में तनाव आया
और  ही योनि में पानी
 कोई दर्द-चीत्कार
मेरी मधुर वाणी में
संदर्भों के सारे पन्ने खुले थे
भारीकर्कश
आदमी की डराने वाली आवाजें सब कुछ थी।

उम्र ढलती गईढलती गई
बालू के सूक्ष्म कणों की तरह
समय फिसलता गया ‘बालू घडी’ में
औरत निर्वासित हो गई
मगर निस्संग नहीं

उसके बाद आनंद आने लगा
और एक बार
आनंद के शहर में
मैंने एक शाश्वत सवाल पूछा,
ओहप्रिये
मुझे योनि की सत्यता के बारे में बताओ,
क्या दिमागी उत्तेजना
शरीरिक उत्तेजना से अलग होती है?
क्या शरीर आत्मा तक
पहुंचने का माध्यम नहीं है?
क्या यह कला नहीं है?
मुझे सही-सही बताओं।
क्या उत्तेजना मेरे लिए मायने नहीं रखती है?
क्या मैं कुछ ज्यादा बोल रही हूँ?“


उसने उत्तर दिया बहुत अच्छे ढंग से,
अरेतुम सुंदर नारी!
योनि गीत ही मुक्ति के गान हैं।
मुझे तुम्हारे शरीर का उत्सव मनाने दो।
अरे नारीमुझे तुम्हारे शरीर की पूजा करनें दो।
भले ही, यह पूर्ण संप्रभुता नहीं है।
यह तुम्हारी आशाओं के फूल का खिलना है
अभी भी यह कली नहीं है।
यह भयंकर चीत्कार है
अकेले में रुदन भरी
यह अथाह गहरी भी नहीं है,
 पारदर्शी और  ही अपारदर्शी
यह तो दिमाग के किसी कोने में
कैद है - योनि
हाँदिमाग के भीतर।
यह कभी नहीं बोलेगी
जब तक तन और मन के ब्रहमांड
एक सजीव ईकाई की तरह मिल न जाए
और एकात्मा  हो जाए।
पूरे उत्साह से योनि के गीत गाओ
और उसके उत्स में बहते जाओ
आखिरकर इस भौतिक काया में
परमानंद ही आत्मा की मौलिक आवश्यकता है।
चरमावस्था की चाह करना
कोई वैश्यावृति नहीं है
और उसकी चाह रखना  ही कोई बदनामी
या बुरी चीजओह नारी।
मुझे उसका आलिंगन अच्छा लगने लगा
और आर्द्र
(याद है काले द्रव के कारण शुष्क योनि गीली हुई थी।)
मैं कोणार्क की भित्तियों पर
काले संगमरमर की मूर्ति लगने लगी
उतनी ही नाजुक और उतनी ही स्वादिष्ट
मुझे लगा
यह मेरा अप्रत्याशित अनुचितराजनैतिक हथकंडा है।
हाँ
एक औरत की आह में
उसके संसर्ग की संरचना होती है,
जो गुप्त घूंघट से झलकती है
किसी भी रूप में
मेरे निजी हिस्सों के दर्द के साथ
मैं लोगो के सामने जबरदस्ती खुशी का
इजहार करने लगी।

एक सुशांत नारी अचानक
ऐसे जंगली गीत गाने लगी
मनो भानुमती का पिटारा मिल गया हो
उसे दुखों से भरा,
योनि
मानो न्यूरोसर्जन को मिली हो
आपरेशन थियेटर में
जीव-जंतुओं के साथ

फिर से योनि-क्रीडा
दम घुटने लगी
जबकि दूसरे बचे हुए सामाजिक खेल
रेंगने लगे एक दिन
ऐसा होना भी था
वास्तव मेंऐसा होना ही था।
सही में,
यह योनि-पुराण
मेरा अपना नहीं है
दरअसल युगों-युगों की
कहानियों का संग्रह है
एक ऐसा अधिवास
जहां किसी योनि का परिणय नहीं होता,
गृह विहीन एवं गृह मुक्त योनियां
आजकल विश्राम के क्षणों में
मैं सोचती हूँ औरतों की योनियों के बारे में
युवा औरतों की
उड़ने वाली औरतों की
समलैंगिकों की
अध्यापकों कीदोस्तों कीदुश्मनों की
वैश्याओं कीब्रहमकुमारियों की
गृहणियों कीननों की
विवाहितों कीहिजडों की
मुझे लगता हैहाँ यह सही है।
औरतों का अपना शरीर बोलता है।

यह एक इलाज की तरह है
कविता लिखने की तरह
औरतों पर हो रहे अत्याचारों पर भूमिका की तरह
जिन्हें योनि का भान नहीं है
उनके लिए यह बहिनापा वाली कविता है
योनि से जुड़ी कविता
मानो पीड़ितों को संबोधित किया जा रहा हो
वैराग्य को स्पर्श किए बगैर
हमेशा के लिए
मुक्त होने वाले रास्ते की खोज में
औरतें खराब अनुभव नहीं करती
धमकाने पर भी
और यह ‘रेप है
तो पूरी तरह संघर्ष करो
अरान ली और पितृसत्तात्मक विचारों के साथ
जिंदगी रेप की तरह है। अगर हम उसका
प्रतिरोध नहीं कर सकते हैतो
पांव फैला दो और मजे लेना शुरू करो।”
महिलाजहां तक मेरा विश्वास है
तुम्हारे हृदय की धड़कनों में
गाती है।

इच्छाएंमद्यपान मगर
कोई योनि-क्रीड़ा तुम्हें निगल  जाए
निश्चितता के साथ
कोई नारीवादी विचारधारा नहीं है यह
मुझे किसी भी प्रकार के मानक
स्थापित करने से सख्त नफरत है
नरीवादिता और लैंगिक न्याय के
किसी कल्पना-लोक में।
बल्कि मैं पसंद करूंगी
औरत की नाजुकता और जटिलता को
योनिक्रीड़ा महोत्सव को
शक्ति खेल के रूप में खेलते देखना।

शरीर की राजनीति
मेरे लिए कोई श्वेत-श्याम खेल नहीं
मुझे धूसर रंग की छाया दे दो
बिना किसी फैसले के स्वीकार करने की
क्योंकि योनि-चेतना की
अपनी सामर्थ्य से संतुष्ट हूँ।

तुम्हारी यात्रा में
एक लड़की टीनएजर से व्यस्क होती है
तुम्हारी सारी
गहरी अनुभूतियों की
सच्चाई खुलने दो।
लैंगिक लकीर के फकीरों के
संकेतों को तोड़ दो।
अपने विचारों को नई लगाम दो
अपनी छोटी-सी तलवार वाली
योनि के साथ,
यह शिश्न वाली तलवार के
खिलाफ संभाषण नहीं है।

यह करोऐसा करने का साहस रखो
एक अमेजन योद्धा स्त्री के
सपनों को देखने और अनुभूत करने का।

योनि की सत्यता के साथ
अपनी जीवन-यात्रा की
शुरूआत करो।

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