Eagle-Man Poem by Ananta Madhavan

The strongman plaits a skein of muscles proud
The sweating horses row with rhythmic legs
The pistons in the motor stroke precisely -
The proof of might is visible in these.


But in the eyrie of his lofty suite
The eagle-man who sits with a cigar
Reveals no sign of disemboweling talons
(The table swept of cares receive his shoes) .


Yet we acknowledge in his nonchalance
The pulsing cycle of an emperor.
The dividends are declared, and far away
The blinded eagle swoops in elegy.