Love and leave?
Having left her weeping inconsolably,
The eyes red with weeping,
The handkerchief wet with tears,
You intend on proposing again
That you are single, unmarried,
on the look out for a new girl.
And will say you again that you have not
Any girl before,
This is the first time you have fallen in love
With anyone who is so sweet.
Say you, I love you to her,
Not before me as I may not like your character
And it may turn bad for you.
Keep the lips sealedOtherwise face the wrath and ire,You will be called in the evening to the party officeTo settle scores.Their suppression and repression famous world-wide,How do they torture the non-communists,How do they crush the democracy movements,How do they suppress people’s protests for relaxation,How do they censure the press,The high-handed handling of the tougher law-makers,The…
And the poets and poetessesJostling to make a breakthrough.
Awaking and arising,The bewitching silence and the lull breaking overInto ripples of bird music and flutters and flies,Together with the fishermen at work,Netting somewhere in the landscapeAnd the cobwebs shining overIn the fist flashes of the morning sun,The green grass still laden with the dewsFallen during the night-timeAnd what more to picture and penetrate into?The…
Going after sensations,Impressions received fromFelt at heartHurt and woundedWith the bleeding rosesTo cover up,Sometimes scattering overAs the glass-piecesWith the images of lifeLying shattered and battered.A lover of red rosesKnows he notThat the roses prick tooAnd it bleedsWhile plucking themA poet dreamy, fanciful and colourfullyRomantic.
They are coming, coming!LordWho, who?Who are coming, coming, my son?SpectatorThey, they are coming,They are coming, Sire!LordWho, who, my son,Who, who are they, who are they coming?SpectatorThey are, they are, Sire, the Talibans,The Talibans hurly-burly people!LordWho, who, my son,Who, who are they coming, my son?SpectatorThe Talibans, the Talibans are,The hurly-burly turbaned and in kurta and pyjamas…
The sub-consciousness,The consciousness,Id, ego, super-egoConditioning human behaviour.
