CHOUDHURI SUKUMAR - A Visitation

And after a long time the idiot Kolkata
was sanctified by my uncherished visit.
The under trial tube-rail system greeted me with a leper smile
From the dump of coconuts, three lac beggars
bowed to welcome me.

And, after a long time
i walked upon the cold tramlines.
Just then, one by one,
glowed up the blue advertisement neons.
And I remembered the sight of
a black bbrassiere hanging like a sinful desire
from the sleeping berth in the train.

O God, I am not feeling cold in this breeze.
Has Kolkata lost its wintry chill
by the warmth of its scantily-clad women?

I continued to walk with a lighted cigarette
ripping the heart of Kolkata
and sanctified became your city,
the idiot Kolkata.










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bhraman
tr: kamalesh bandopadhyay

CHOUDHURI SUKUMAR

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