Journal of South Asian Literature. v 11, V. 11 ( 1976) p. 120.


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120

There is no symbol

more powerful

than the plain statement

of the trutho

So let us seek

symbols,

they are our small lamps

of useful words.

HOW MY FATHER DIED

My father talked too much

and too loudly,

but just before he died

his voice became soft and sad,

as though whispering secrets

he had learned too late.

He called me close to him

and put his truths to me,

I only felt the breath of his love

but did not hear a wordo



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