Parallel Universes

As I walked
Universes passed along me
Cars on autobahn zipped with a speed of 150 km per hour
Besides the chickens strolling on the dirt road besides the cow pasture
People in 747 jumbo jet cruising at an altitude of 40 000 feet
Waved at the teenager bride in a bullock cart
With preying eyes
The bare breasted women in Nice doing sunworship
Glanced at the widows in Varanasi praying
In knee deep water.

As the naked kids played
The soccer ball made out of newspaper
On the dirt and muddy field
The space probe to the Jupiter and beyond
Sent photos to JPL lab with dazzling color

From the safe height beyond the radar detection
The B2 bomber dropped the cluster bombs
On bare feet naked kids collecting cassava roots.

As the automated machine
Read the brain waves
And as the expression of thousands of genes got
Computed in few seconds
The time sat for eternity in the shade of a mango tree
With the boy with a stick tending his goats.


As the night fell
The crickets took over the world around my home
Never knowing the rushing sound
Coming from the speeding cars on nearby freeway
People rushing to nowhere
In parallel universes.