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AJIT KUMAR
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At last

At last when I will die
And (if)
The obituary is published
In some local paper ;
Mr. 'A' will say
After reading :
' Lo! He was alive till now !
or who knows in place of 'Lo'! he says 'So'
taking care , in his use of the word
suddenly
his tea
will become more tasty -
analysing a few
epithets like , famous , established , new
and becoming generous
to the dead person

Far
there on the bank of some river
blooming in the pyre
a flower will disappear
after the said touch of generosity
despite his sobriety
and tolerance
had Mr. 'A'
been present
he would have been tormented
at the vulgarity
of such disappearance

- translated by Kailash Vajpeyi



 

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