Journal of South Asian Literature. v 11, V. 11 ( 1976) p. 87.


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TRANSPARENTLY*

Light is the opposite

of heavy and of darkness.

I have always

consciously

loved the word

and all it stood for --

yet more than half my hours

are heavy and dark.

Compared to my mind

rocks are reasonable,

clouds are clear.

It makes me mad

but that is how it is.

How many times have I felt free? How many times spontaneous? It's fantastic what a slave a man can be who has nobody to oppress him except himself.

And don't tell me there's any happiness in being compulsive or mindlesSo

The most painful

confrontation

makes me happier

but I still rush off

in every direction at once

and fall for every bait.

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