<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 07:35:22 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@gandhibaba/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[A Lone Black Ant| AN ORIGINAL POEM]]></title><description><![CDATA[Twirling on my desk Roundabout my files A lone, black ant In a scout for crumbs of sugar Paraded itself like a pageant My thumb is raised To thunder below To sniff life out of the Liliputan creature But]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@gandhibaba/a-lone-black-antor-an-original-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@gandhibaba/a-lone-black-antor-an-original-poem</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-161155]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gandhibaba]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2021 21:45:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLHWSXdaPFmbrTRZrxBJNeFnqwtqroT8NbeF7teLvMdDCpX3ywvKsEmDs3QDfdX1g51E9LiWMDUK7bZkvYfKYEamuBdzNXy6fEtLeG8e4ChEGAkLpqH82?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Future| AN ORIGINAL POEM]]></title><description><![CDATA[The future does not come To you like the balls of doughnuts in a showglass Nor does it come To you like the brilliant colours of the rainbow The future does not come To you like the replay of a football]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poem/@gandhibaba/the-futureor-an-original-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poem/@gandhibaba/the-futureor-an-original-poem</guid><category><![CDATA[poem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gandhibaba]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 19 Jun 2021 20:38:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLptZgjHUrRAJGcW4y1D4A5QVJJ7zjzqqKdfVHSS6NapSCC7rwgCSMEBrqHdS3UYWV5xtRJFq7hosMK39kWag6SnRMaNVeUKcYXR53WNP4BxWvSBdWzyijWQRMRH9wqeGjGwFFNCDm1dW5YkYd78kiFNh7tydBV9Ru9?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[My father's culture| POETRY ]]></title><description><![CDATA[the culture of the cross spreads out from the tongues of prophets & clergies its ways so tender like wool but they throw bayonet at those who don't raise the flag of their culture— they say they are]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@gandhibaba/my-fathers-cultureor-poetry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@gandhibaba/my-fathers-cultureor-poetry</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gandhibaba]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2021 22:15:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Helpless| POETRY ]]></title><description><![CDATA[when a mother tucks every prayer she had learnt into the body of her crumbling son and God doesn't bat an eyelid till death draws him into its tempest. we turn to the priest, ask him why God clasps silence]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@gandhibaba/helplessor-poetry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@gandhibaba/helplessor-poetry</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-161155]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gandhibaba]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2021 21:04:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLptZgjHUrRAJGcW4y1D4A5QVJJ7zjzqqKdfVHSS6NapSCC7rwgCSMEBrqHdS3UYTdySpKjmJvjCMnMmGgwehuHK1xynUMEihb4raxTh6BWmMUvNTeKQhBcoyAFfzWuMDzLLkfsm51DRuWVbFWMgDBzBUmtiqsWBxMD?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Void| POETRY ]]></title><description><![CDATA[I know of woman's privilege: Say a woman walks into a space and there's an outpour of warmth to envelope her body because she's a woman. Also say a woman drops the wrath in her palm on her lover's cheek]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@gandhibaba/voidor-poetry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@gandhibaba/voidor-poetry</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-161155]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gandhibaba]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2021 22:02:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLHWSXdaPFmbrTRZrxBJNDA4Sxpp6rp9gTMf9uAiSGKtc5yaAKUuEy5Y7gk9WdJAnBfCZrgZUW1XXDAxjDGj7dqtDy7CayQCHpxqsD3S32bJYRaNnpfoU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lovers Of Feast| POETRY ]]></title><description><![CDATA[I know of a people who wedge an assembly to feast when a child walks out of a womb also do they wedge an assembly to feast when a body walks into a gravestone. their tongues heavy with songs their body]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@gandhibaba/lovers-of-feastor-poetry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@gandhibaba/lovers-of-feastor-poetry</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-161155]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gandhibaba]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 13 Jun 2021 22:06:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLptZgjHUrRAJGcW4y1D4A5QVJJ7zjzqqKdfVHSS6NapSCC7rwgCSMEBrqHdS3UYThNihKR53Fp1487VrVE4kv2tvxVVFsN2w639NJof84G7TYA8GrXVcnn9q5tttNxsNu2FXWxZUB6i5yKzL6vWZ4Qay3oas8pewpT?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[June 12| AN ORIGINAL POEM ]]></title><description><![CDATA[a nation will come again, you will watch them from your television set read about them from a newspaper celebrating what they don't own. how does democracy dance in a country where autocracy stamps its]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@gandhibaba/june-12or-an-original-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@gandhibaba/june-12or-an-original-poem</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-161155]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gandhibaba]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 12 Jun 2021 22:05:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Self-praise| AN ORIGINAL POEM ]]></title><description><![CDATA[drag your body into the surface of the mirror every morning lace your body with words alluring to fetter a girl's heart say you're beautiful like marigolds on their bed say you're too adamant to let go]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@gandhibaba/self-praiseor-an-original-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@gandhibaba/self-praiseor-an-original-poem</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-161155]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gandhibaba]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2021 22:24:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Weight of loss| POETRY ]]></title><description><![CDATA[at the tap of catalysm we scoop the voice of a nightingale to sing psalms reaching God's bosoms. call it anything you like, a ritual of a mad man because you feel only the insane sprinkle psalms on a dead]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poem/@gandhibaba/weight-of-lossor-poetry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poem/@gandhibaba/weight-of-lossor-poetry</guid><category><![CDATA[poem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gandhibaba]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2021 22:26:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRmaCXZ8UYgPhoud1kjiNX8QokLEZtbBKLuLWQ9yt7K3o4He3ryW4M5Gjh1CKgC3ZVBGhNVe4X7zw3ecoCWpZGkWeKiUv7D9AxE4CQGLdawqA9Stn85Pyd79t2emQ6a7C6r372kuX8MFD7J3vnm1cmWby5upEeb?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lingering| POETRY ]]></title><description><![CDATA[they say we spring from two bodies but why is it a sip of taboo when two fruits coming from the same mother find pleasures on each other's body but, never, when mothers are different? they say hard work]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@gandhibaba/lingeringor-poetry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@gandhibaba/lingeringor-poetry</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-161155]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gandhibaba]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2021 22:07:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLptZgjHUrRAJGcW4y1D4A5QVJJ7zjzqqKdfVHSS6NapSCC7rwgCSMEBrqHdS3UYWTUHJdPN5VUAhNz2szQ96b5L1PqzWHuZ56CdkQm8LsXAtSwqhAkRwA4eW4J5dABFuuRH9N4y7KyR1dYCdDJ61QkFwi4NKFjydrf?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Songs of Joy| POETRY ]]></title><description><![CDATA[It doesn't rain here; everywhere is sultry— dwelling houses, homes, alleys, footbridges…. everyone is busy busy with languaging grief busy with dressing wounds you're lucky if a man piggybacks you when]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@gandhibaba/songs-of-joyor-poetry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@gandhibaba/songs-of-joyor-poetry</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-161155]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gandhibaba]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2021 21:57:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLHWSXdaPFmbrTRZrxBK15bYGspJs3URXaryuJxYeWfNThmNw8kVEHgKnsxfwJjCxfUK4H8is5DPHY6XmcUajs8X7GKcMSaDrnj4dkXCRnj7tTFWkU61k?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Journey| POETRY ]]></title><description><![CDATA[this couch is so succulent like these two bodies ready to be converged. bodies, open agape like the red sea— yours & mine. the israelites aren't to thread the bare path but me, walking with my tiny]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@gandhibaba/the-journeyor-poetry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@gandhibaba/the-journeyor-poetry</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-161155]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gandhibaba]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2021 20:59:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRmaCXZ8UYgPhoud1kjiNX8QokLEZtbBKLuLWQ9yt7K3o4He3ryW4M5Gjh1CKgC3zZmL2XoMqTTpnsFwLjC3LGVrjF1T4t6mH2nYArCPYhpj8D9myCZ8AZWqGdrKEqmV1Fq3kg9k7kutVJ2DJNmCtd1CexF8MLr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Manipulation| POETRY ]]></title><description><![CDATA[you make your face a grave to bury the fingerprints of your lover : you smear makeup over a broken face. the world wears ballads on your wrist each time you pass. you smile, a man searches for salvation]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@gandhibaba/manipulationor-poetry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@gandhibaba/manipulationor-poetry</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-161155]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gandhibaba]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2021 22:07:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLptZgjHUrRAJGcW4y1D4A5QVJJ7zjzqqKdfVHSS6NapSCC7rwgCSMEBrqHdS3UYTgQSeDAqXG5AL29gQhfTBnBM6UeTg1Er9vzeDkGu5ig8K43nb1K1pE61oqX2QbhvWskH6JiiQ3cL3jkGL55dGw73HUQ5DutM5mR?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[WAR| POETRY ]]></title><description><![CDATA[there's something about war; its cicatrixes are always mint. how does diplomacy wash a land drenched with blood? 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Dreadlocks spread their lushness on my head—]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@gandhibaba/lostor-an-original-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@gandhibaba/lostor-an-original-poem</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-161155]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gandhibaba]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2021 21:33:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLHWSXdaPFmbrTRZrxBJN1xT1pVRCbsXGe81mAdVrd7aW2LqSWCsczMRUZB93gVmMxQxZLMNhQKWvGjqbCUm2rNrcB7iZTePYGUU596shDZ8yUQ9JmK42?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prayer| POETRY ]]></title><description><![CDATA[I make a tongue brimmed with supplications in this poem. Here in this body, legions of privations have overstayed so it's time I whipped them out into the swine with my conflagrating tongue. 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