Unedited on October 29

Maria, have you heard of a man

with four names?

I know of words with more synonyms

Than four. Five. Six. Seven.

But not names.

And not people with so many names.

I know a man who named his dog

VIBGYOR.

He said was a

Seven-in-one name

Violet.
Indigo.
Blue.
Green.
Yellow.
Orange.
Red.

Its just three colours but.

And then it's one name

Vibgyor

I have heard of violet flowers

And indigo scarves,

Of blue bicycles, green snakes,

Yellow cars,

Oranges hair and red books.

I have seen colours

And met people.

But I haven’t met

A man with four names

All names that mean

The same.




© Jatin Gandhi, 1999.