Bijay Kant Dubey Poems

Ramlila,
The closed theatres of it
And the regional versions
And dramatizations of it
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It was really interesting
To see
The hanuman
Jumping
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Was he a drummer
Or flute-player
Or a clapper
Or a whistler?
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Without having read three hundred Ramayanas,
Wrote he the essay
Supposing it to be,
Presuming
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Actually, Ramanujan is in the habit of criticizing
And commenting upon
In an unwanted way,
So many take to him not,
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A.K.Ramanujan, was,
Was he
A man
Crooked
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Vakrokti,
Vakrokti had been
The chief property,
Property of A.K.Ramanujan
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Gopiji, Gopiji, ubti, buti bhejo, bhejo, Gopiji buti-buti bhejo, the parrot saying, saying from the cage kept outside, chirping and cackling sometimes, Gopiji-Gopiji, buti, buti, bhejo, Gopiji, Gopiji- -the passers-by standing and seeing, seeing the parrot chirping and cackling.

The parrot, parrot outside the house of the Brahmin or the fortune-teller or that of other one, the green parrot, but ring-necked squabbling and squeaking itself, Gopiji, Gopiji, buti bhejo, bhejo, Gopiji buti bhejo, bhejo, the housewives passing and hearing it going.
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Vakrokti, vyangyokti
The stock of Ramanujan,
Vyangyokti,
Vakrokti,
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Poetry is comics,
Poetry is comicality,
He will say, say
If you ask a comedian,
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