Malay Roy Choudhury Poems

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1.
The Clapper (A Protest Poem)

Then set out after repeated forbiddings the grizzly Afghan Duryodhan
in blazing sun
removed his sandal-wood blooded stone attired guards
thrursting gloom brought out a substitute of morning
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2.
Counterman

Circumcision made me apostate
I thumped thighs and turned Tartar
The king will go and evil eves get raped
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3.
Preparation

Who claims I'm ruined? Because I'm without fangs and claws?
Are they necessary? How do you forget the knife
plunged in abdomen up to the hilt? Green cardamom leaves
for the buck, art of hatred and anger
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4.
Wounds

Awning ablaze with toxic fire above me
I lie watching the winged blue of this crawling sky
putting down the crushing anger of my suffering
I crossexam my nocturn doubts
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5.
Objectivity

Regaining consciousness in a trickle
Hands & feet tied and mouth gagged on a railroad track
The silent whole
Shirt & trousers daubed in dew
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6.
Repeat Uhuru

Hood-covered face, hands tied
at the back. On the alter-plank
breeze frozen in bitter hangman's odour
who computes time?
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7.
The Light

I get a thud kick in pitch dark thick on belly and tumble
Hands tied at the back on damp floor shack to humble
Lights flash on face eyes blind in case I spin
Then lights go off a boot or two rough on chin
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8.
Motorbike

I am on motorbike yezdi yamaha
when flanked by horizon gallop backwards through sand blizzard
tinsel clouds explode at my feet without helmet
and speed-split air at eighty
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9.
Abhorred Emperor

Vile emperor ruined in a coup
fled to a false village in disguise
In the street your skull stares on a spearmast too
eye-witnesses rejoice the cut to size
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10.
Humanology

I am ready to be mugged O deadly bat come
Tear off my clothes, bomb the walls of my home
Press trigger on my temple and beat me up in jail
Push me off a running train, intern and trail
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