And here I am,
Writing about my favourite hell.
Holding a tourist brochure in hand,
I wonder at the delusion,
Proclaiming, “Welcome to heaven on Earth.”
You see, in heaven,
Gods don’t crack down,
On Angels shouting— “Azaadi! Azaadi!
In heaven,
Tombstones have names.
-Sayan Aich Bhowmik
Illustrator: Anirban Chakraborty
The poet is an Assistant Professor at the Department of English, Shirakole College, Calcutta University
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