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Thursday, September 4, 2014

When I was a tree

       © Debdatta 'Riju' Mukherjee

an intellectual goose bit me on the nut
as I was trying to be a tree
trying to practice silence
I wish I had legs to run
like all those trees who are running away
from this city.

-by Subhankar Das


Subhankar das is a poet, bookstore owner, and publisher of Bangla experimental materials. He produced six short films that have been honored at international film festivals, and has translated the works of Allen Ginsberg and Charles Bukowski in Bengali.

Photo courtesy: Debdatta 'Riju' Mukherjee

Debdatta 'Riju' Mukherjee lives in Kolkata and barely survives his insufferable job as an IT professional through poetry, photography and whiskey.




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