First published in Daily Star, Bangladesh
Something missing from
this dish and that.
.
The flavour not quite right —
Je ne sais quoi*
A dash of cinnamon
A touch of ginger
We try —
.
Something missing from
this life and that…
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First Published in Daily Star, Bangladesh, August 2020
Flowers on Facebook —
Violet, red, yellow, orange —
splashed a welcome
into a garden never visited
Then… they stopped
faded like the fragrance
of my childhood.
Time had put a halt
Long gone days —
curtains drawn…
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Published in Daily Star Bangladesh March 28th, 2020
The keepers of law
The keepers of borders
What borders?
Between nations
What law?
Between stations
Army men, Policemen —
Men who will protect women
Violate, watch and rape
A twenty-one-year-old
A seventeen-year-old
A fifteen-year-old and more…
Who do we trust?
Who will protect the society from lust?
Dust unto dust
Sans wine, sans song, sans singer,
Sans justice, sans ethics, sans morals
Products of Oborodh?
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