When our mother's sister came to town
we were so happy that our mother's sister
would be close by at hand.
Having grown in this distant place
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When you are around me
I know you never forget your first kiss.
You try to gauge from time to time
at occasions opportune
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Taslima, you are going beyond.
I admired you, one so bold.
The talk about male dominated society made me linient.
I was never happy with those who guarded religion
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For such a long time I was running a temperature.
Just a little.
It was not exactly a malaise,
not an infection of some sort,
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I was brought up in pure faith
like the truth of the pole star.
So innocent, I doubted nobody.
I didn't know whatever I was taught
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I was in the portico.
She passed the road by.
A perfect lass.
Mid height,
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I have had a tough life so far.
I can not imagine I shall have an easier ever.
The time has passed.
The momentous moments will never come by again.
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My beloved is not an overnight dream.
It grew bit by bit
as my body and mind took shape
for the persoonhood I was destined to be
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The world view was clean
like the September sky
and satisfaction was brimming
like the full Bengal lakes and rivers
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When do they try to look their best?
To draw others towards them?
To show their superiority?
To have a winning stake
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