Danob-03-দানব-০৩-Demons-03

 
‌দানব

হে হতভাগা প্রজাতি,
নির্লজ, নিষ্ঠুর, বিনাশী,
আতঙ্কের অস্ত্রে, ভয়ের শাস্ত্রে,
নরকের অভিজাত বাসী!

নিজেকে 'মানব' বলেও,
মানবিকতার করেছো ক্ষয়।
গর্বে, ছলনে, দানবের বেশে,
দানবিকতায় পেয়েছো জয়।

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অশ্লীল, হিংস্র কাজে মেতে,
নিজের স্বার্থের উন্মাদ খোঁজে, 
হয়েছো ক্রমশ অশিব পিশাচ, 
মত্ত, বেদনা-ক্লেশের ভোজে।

বাহিরে-অন্তরে দেখে,
টের পেয়ে, ধ্বংসের রথে,
বিবেকের ডাকখানি শুনে,
ফিরে এসো শান্তির পথে।

সোমবার, ১৪ই অক্টোবর, ২০২৪ খ্রি.
বার্ক্লি, কালিফোর্নিয়া
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Demons

We are beings of the rabid species,
Shameless, cruel, destructive,
With weapons of terror and scriptures of fear—
The elites and enforcers of hell!

We may call ourselves 'human' and yet
We have destroyed our own humanity.
With lies and with pride in our monstrous ways,
We have triumphed in monstrosity.
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In obscene and violent acts,
In the mad pursuit of our “interests”, 
We have turned from humans to demons, 
Drunkenly feasting on suffering and pain.

Looking around, and looking within,
Perched on our chariots of destruction,
Hearing the call of conscience,
Let us turn to the path of peace.

Oct 14 and Nov 21, 2024
Translated from Bengali: Nov 21and 25
Berkeley, California

Packaging

Packaging 

  

 
So you're the one who's just been hired
To do the jobs of those who're fired.
Their number? It was two or three.
From work and income, they are free!
But you are now our newest slave
And you'll survive, if you are brave—
But not in speech or action, no!
But rather, in your letting go
Of all the stuff you'd nursed before—
Your scruples, fuss, and all you know
That you had learned in school and college
And also, maybe, in your village.

For here, where cars and humans jostle,
You’ve got to learn, kid, how to hustle.
We've found out—that all we'd learned
We might as well have tossed and burned.
For that was all about the stuff
About which folks have had enough.
Who cares for how or why or when
Or even what? It’s now, not then!
What use is there in understanding?
The profit comes instead from branding!
For in this world of marketing
What matters is the packaging.

So fie with focus on content!
On selling, you should be intent.
Do not be Santa's slaving elf.
Go sell the goods—and sell yourself!
And if you'd like to cut your losses,
Then always bow down low to bosses.
In offices, do not be bold.
Do not question. Do as told!
Be sure to cover up your ass
And smartly then salute the brass.
If you're savvy and survive,
Perhaps you'll be a boss—and thrive.

As it's in sales, so it's in all.
Do not drop, my friend, the ball.
And if you do, then hide it well—
Or you'll be in for bloody hell!
In this place, you've got to run—
And those who do, can have their fun.
Do not sweat the small details.
The one who does this always fails.
Well, that is all for now. Good luck!
Remember—do not care a f**k!
No matter what the tint of the collar,
It's all, at the end, about the d****r.

2018 January 26th, Fri.
Brooklyn, New York