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No Detergent Can Undo

    Sreyashi Goswami           Books:  Lover forever, makes strong friends, permanent enemies. Flower: Softness or is it  hallucination. Brotherhood: Feeling towards a brother that needs to be chiseled for a man particularly. Responsibility: Easy and difficult to know when to jettison it. Night: 12 hours of silent howling. Wind:  Unkempt thoughts in mind, suddenly. Lie:  Moment’s Yes, Moment’s No. Uncivility:  As if its our democratic right to be rude. Ink–Fountain Pen: Green, Red, Blue–clarity. Day: Each day, witness to a memorable event. TV:  All spectators or are there some attentive readers too? Year:  Relations and wonder anew. Liking:  Shifting of the unliked. Hearing:  Unsaid, once in a while uttered. Dead Man:  Burning pyre or a puppet in an airconditioned room? Personality:  The protocols of knowing each one distinctively. Dignity:  A pot made of a different metal. Birth:  To let oneself be part of a new beginning. Love: A strange giving, a time of giving. Traffic Jam: Lines of jet planes on the road, as if all will qualify for future exams. Gotra: Never begins  fresh like morning dew. Indifference: Cruel, barbed manner of speaking. Time: Sharp, breaking brook– now slowing, hastening now… Spot:  No detergent can undo. —————————————- Sreyashi Goswami is a poet and a traveller. adminhumanitiesunderground.org