There has been no cooperative system
by Partha Sarkar
There
has been no
cooperative system,
There
will be none
There
has been no
inborn enthusiasm,
There
will be none
It
is only death that
introduces the system,
The
cooperative system
at the foot of the pyre.
You
may get angry with
me
And
show this is the .
. . this is the . . . " 'ism"
But
show I will the
different cards that are played
At
the brink of the hill
By
the fool
And
none is responsible
As
the puller draws the
rickshaw
While
out of the car
spits the owner—
The
biggest destroyer
of the embryo.
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.
