Utpal
Chakraborty is a teacher of English literature, translator, writer,
critic and a bilingual poet. He is a regular contributor to leading Bengali and
English magazines. Chakraborty's Uranta Dolphin, an acclaimed collection
of fifty five Bengali poems was published by Signet Press in 2018. He has
translated Bitan Chakraborty's critically acclaimed collection of Bengali short
stories, under the title The Mark (Shambhabi Imprint, 2020). His book of
English poetry kirigami recently published by Hawakal has had rave
reviews by reputed poets and critics. He is the recipient of Panorama Global
Literary Award 2020.
Resurrection
Scripts, however, designed drip a
familiar
clue for forensic test.
Drongos and black roses, scared, fly away.
Even
the brown son of God is painted in golden hue.
The
boy of Gambia like Dalits of everywhere
get
framed as Tobys. What will happen if
the
real statue of liberty from the Tamarisk glade
returns
through the graves and the seas?
What
if the man of colour after suppressing
Kaliya is ensconced on
your whitened throne?
What if tremor hits your bragging right at
8.46 Richter scale?
Your
legs are on the hay- live all around.
Mangers
don't resurrect.
When
Reality Hits
Each
December with a sniff of festivity within,
I
land on a mountaintop.
Mustard
fields doodle on sun seeped hues.
Salty
figurines wade through the meandering
threads
dwindling away.
Hand
made bamboo textures
snare
in the messed water.
No
blizzards tantalize here.
The
sun does not debilitate.
All
that I guess multiplies pigments.
Skilled
in gymnastics I eschew
the
viper pits, charming
my
way to victory. The angelic
draperies
show up.
Here there are no other strings
attached
to the rungs of the ladders.
No
overtones of the snakes
except
that they gulp you
down
the tube to those helicopter days.
As the dice now rolls down the tunnel
I
see a shocked world
standing
still over an array of live coffins.
I
am to begin from the tail now. Steep sloppy ladder
has
nosedived into the dusty lows of life.
A
practical game needs all the nuances of the ladder well-defined.
Blighted
strings
To the right of Jesus,
Thomas
stands in profile.
His
finger pointing up in
the
air sparks off a
speculation
in a Bible story.
Thomas
doubts and confirms
the
eyes, resurrected.
Magdalenes
are always
veiled
for anointing the feet.
Film
buffs still seek after
the
gender in trust and belief.
Celebration
Baubles, tinsels and colored
strings
favour the angels.
Summer Solstice reflects
on
the mangers.
Hollies, firs and Tamarisks
knit
the missing angles.
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