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| Shafinur Shafin |
Lost Key
I folded all the memories
Behind the dark curtain
And stepped out silently
Not calling the key back
The way to my doorstep.
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Separation
I can still recall the
day
I left you
trying to walk
My legs stammered,
slipped
Did we talk about
our separation?
ever?
no, na?
the aloof red painted
nails
became furious
on your back...
And you were like
the saddest prophet
stood alone
On your shoulder,
taking all sins
of your abandoned
Unforgiving clan
Smiling at me
but saddest face
I've ever seen.
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Last Shout
While I was getting
on the train,
My Maoist friend
wrapped the shawl
around his shoulder
when the whistle blew
curving lips
He said to me,
"maybe this is
Our last meeting,
Who knows
I'll die soon
In a police
encounter"
I didn't say
People are born with
death
They grow up with
the fear of death anytime
The train started
moving
I saw through
the small green window
his hands up
and heard a shout
"Good bye
friend"
my eyesight was blurred
seeing his shadow
standing straight
I saw
how it vanished
behind the thick smoke
of the train...
Today I got the news
His dead body
has been found
On the shore of the
Ganges
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Gali Kasim Jan
Conniving
The fragrance of Arabic
perfume
Blended with the smoke of
Burning kebab,
Rushing sandals on the
road,
Fruiter's trolly
With the smell of
oranges-
I waited at the edge of
Gali Kasim Jan
For a while
And came back then
It was impossible to
touch
Alone
The two centuries old rib
Of the haveli
Without you
------
When the broken heart
chapter is over
When I was poisoning
myself
One part of my mind was
saying
“Live, love and live
For the crowded words
You belong to-”
But another part
Perhaps the strongest
part was screaming
“Just Die!”
Slowly
Slowly
Slowly-
I'm going to be lost
In Our ancestor’s whispered word!
These verses are so beautiful!
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