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Saturday, March 22, 2008

[mukto-mona] Poem: "Time feeds on time" (Dedicated to poet Billy Collins)

Poem: "Time feeds on time" (Dedicated to poet Billy Collins)

 

Hi, how are you?

i just hope that it is publishable:

Time feeds on time

 

1

 

How delicately

we try to live

but

every second

bangs the

drum of death

 

Life

is nothing

but

a path of light

in the orchard

of eternal darkness

 

2

 

Mother

with the smoke

through the chimney

like you

everything good

is gone

 

I survived alone

perhaps for too long

to see

many more monsters

and to learn nothing

 

It seems

this world

wants me to take

the same exam

over and over

 

 It also seems

the world has promised

not to fail me

and

I've promised

not to learn

 

If

that is not the case

then why

do I not pass this test

when I know

I'm able

to pass it

 

 

3

 

Father

you loved nature

 

You were more interested

in collecting plant specimens

than earning bread

for your family

 

You had no friends

neighbors hated you

I was ashamed of you

 

But now

I know

wilderness

is better

than the human civilization

on any given day

 

4

 

No

I've not published

those poems

 

During the war

meaning

evaporated

from every single

word

 

Leaving behind

many miniature

bright white skeletons

 

5

 

I look

and

I laugh

 

How people

are dreaming

of

past present and future

 

Time

Is nothing

But

A geometric point

 

Where

are they going



thank you

Salman S.



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