People with dysentery
by Partha Sarkar
They
wander in the
queue.
They
swim in the
pitfall.
No,
they are not the
novices.
They
search for a
scepter.
They
like to carry it
As
they are the pissed.
They
look blank when
they are preached to,
And
get over when they
get a pittance.
No,
they are not the
touts.
Only
if you ask them –
What
is tomorrow?
They
scratch their own
skulls.
Partha Sarkar is a resident
of Ichapur, a small town of the province
West Bengal of India. He is a graduate who writes poems that are inspired by
the late Sankar.
Sarkar and his friends (especially
Deb kumar Khan) protest against
social injustice and crimes against nature. His poems have been in different
magazines, both in Bangla and in English.
Once, he believed in revolution, but now he is
confused because of the obscurity of human beings. In spite of this, he keeps
fire in his soul.
Bernice Holtzman’s paintings
and collages have appeared in shows at various venues
in Manhattan, including the Back Fence in Greenwich Village, the Producer’s Club,
the Black Door Gallery on W. 26th St., and one other place she can’t remember,
but it was in a basement, and she was well received.
