The Verdict of a Coin
Pijush Kanti Deb *
A catapult-comprising of two fingers-
representing my lustful beckoning of eyes
and your passionate crawling down to my unexplored mine
without any valid permit,
tosses a coin up along with its two- sides.
I am engraved in one- side
dancing with some blissful blossoms
and mirthful pea-cocks,
and thrown alone in other side
amid a dreadful desert
standing abandoned, ashamed, injured and confused.
The uprising coin disappears in the sky.
Maybe, it flies up to the Heaven and the Hell as well,
consults for a few moments with the authorities
and starts its inevitable downfall
confirming my fortune of tomorrow
and rushes down towards the ground of reality
where I stand with my three trembling entities-
body, mind and soul
waiting for the unalterable verdict of the coin.
* Poem written by Pijush Kanti Deb for e-pao.net
The poet is an Associate Professor in Economics and can be contacted at joyraj2014(at)gmail(dot)com
This poem was webcasted on June 28 2014.
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