two poems by AJEESH DASAN--------translated by RA SH
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① AN ELEGY FOR A FRIDAY
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Suddenly, one day,
All the dead
Came out of their graves
And sang an glegy
For friday.
Finding this,
The youngsters and kids
And the ones about to
Pop into their graves
Moved away in shock.
Because
That day was
Really
A wednesday.
② HUNGER
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The sole difference
Between a child
Suckling on the mother's breast
And its father
Is that
The father will not
stay calm.