Indrajit Chatterjee Poems

The lights were dim and smoke filled the café;
The barkeep tended to the patrons with a smile
Decked in swagger, the jazz band sang before the Party;
All this while Marvin entered the stage from behind the wings,
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Amidst twin jets of smoke,
with a heart full of sorrow,
Along the alluvium trails,
Rode the reluctant hero.
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There comes a time when the fear of failure
Gives way to doubt and false contentment;
And we yield to what we feel is impossible,
What we think is the fruit of mere sentiment.
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It was the longest furnished path
I had ever been on; Twenty feet
Street lamps adorned the way..
My cabbie drove in quiet contemplation,
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In my first year of formal education
I found myself alone in the vast world; unknown,
And unnerved as I was I was not prepared
Not to let my little heart sink in the torrid ocean.
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