Made from small bricks and lime clay,
The temples with the terracotta plates
With the drawings and carvings
From the Ramayana and the Mahabharata
Or those in sadhna, love or relationship,
Erotic and bulging
With the pillars big-big
And the roof wooden and plastered,
The old-old temples of Chandrakona
Which once adorned the area
With so many temples,
Reminding us of King Chandraketu.
The Ways of the Mother Divine,How to describe it?The four faces of the Mother Divine,Call Her Mahakali, Mahalakshmi, Mahasaraswati or MaheshwariWhatever like to call Her,She is Mystery Personified,She is Myth Mystified!She is Chivalry, Valour Personified,Appearing as the Battle-queen,She is Third Eye Power,She is Some force Annihilating! Bhagabati,How to describe HerThe Mythical She,The Mystical She?Yogamaya,Yoganidra,Jagannanmata?Bisweswari,Kalaratri, Maharatri,…
Is doing the rounds,Who has but what,Black moneyOr white money,White moneyOr black money,Black and white,White and black?
With the luggageSo heavy upon,You running,Missing to catch the train!Trainmen is there,There to help youWith its updates aboutLate arrival and departures,Right times of incoming, outgoing trains,You need not worry about!Why to run for to catch,Cross the railway track,The crossingWith the luggage and the pantsGoing down one by one?Trainman is there,There with its charts and time-tables,Gathering…
Chimpanzees,Jumping upon the tiled houses,On tin roofs.With the small child ogling and winking atUnder the belly,The females jumping and running away,Gnashing the teeth indignantly,Sometimes you awe-struck by its presenceAnd they snatching the things from your hands.Sometimes on the way meeting you strangely,Held by surprise,You looking in fear and suspense,What will the animal do,Taking the name…
For being partisan.Trump, you too stand youIn your posture,But Abraham was Abraham,Abraham Lincoln.
And the people would have wailed in deepest memoryIn some historical past,Archaeological and museumological,There would have been some hutmentsAnd the homemakers well enough.
