Give us this day a feast of flesh / N.D. Rajkumar ; translated from the Tamil by Anushiya Ramaswamy.

"The poems translated for this voulme are from Kal vilakkugal (2004) and Odakku (1999)..."--T.p. verso.

Poems.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 101-110).

1. The family, to gain religious merit -- 2. If anyone not our own kind -- 3. O you devil -- 4. Deeper than our relationship -- 5. Hey, sister, you can't enter the house -- 6. Your god and mine -- 7. When I remember -- 8. If I want to drink blood -- 9. Dancing cobra eyes -- 10. The frothing toddy-induced stupor -- 11. Walking the empty streets -- 12. She satisfied my hunger -- 13. As the kaniyan sings -- 14. She killed the snarhng dogs -- 15. To take revenge on the great god -- 16. In the temple darkness -- 17. There is a great battle -- 18. Men flee in terror -- 19. Once upon a time -- 20. I am the child of Satan -- 21. The song that you hear -- 22. Our gods do not hide -- 23. Mayaandi comes -- 24.. Their women sit on the swing and sing -- 25. My father with his powerfvd magic -- 26. When the pulayan turned into a dragon -- 27. "I too am a Siddha" -- 28. Pjght now, right this minute -- 29. My devil -- 30. We eat frogs to calm that wheezing breath -- 31. The day my body -- 32. Mdk-heavy, she was hanging around -- 33. My poem burns wildly -- 34. As I drink the honey like a butterfly -- 35. I am a lamb -- 36 When my morning bowl of old rice kanji -- 37. The fishmonger wading into the sea -- 38. The natural laws insist -- 39. Again and again we sweep with our hands -- 40. Nowadays, they sing like girls -- 41. He wiU sing and dance the Original Song -- 42. When the night falls -- 43. The maid like a young banana tree -- 44. O master, I cannot sleep -- 45. In that terrifyipg midnight -- 46. Cm Shanti -- 47. On Friday nights at midnight -- 48. In ancient days we sang -- 49. I poured the local brew -- 50. Thoughts tumbling -- 51. When my preferred moment of darkness comes