BLOODY TIGER AND SWEETENED DEER

Author: Sohel Karim

                  
Wherever that bloody tiger goes,
Fearful eyes, sweating forehead,
Deer, yellowish deer, sweetened eyes,
Standing on the brim of flowing river.

Am I trying to write a poem?
Chattering words, bombshell, 
Bombardments of thousands lashing tongues
Fluttering mind quivering with rusty joy.

Rustling leaves gliding, faltering 
In the air of milky dreams.

What is soul? What is death?
White questions. Black answers.

I see sky, limitless depth, astounding,
Where am I, who am I, interstellar mind
Vibrating like a raging bull.

Bloody tiger and sweetened deer,
On the top of my boiling shoulder.
Dancing, clattering 
Like a pair of innocent child.

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED BY MAHBUBUL KARIM (SOHEL), AUGUST 1998