SELECTED LOVE POEMS BY SHASWATA GANGOPADHYAY KISS First I hold you gently, then the pressure comes Let the fire have a duel with petrol today My lips on your lips, it seems we are the only survivors In the world, like intoxicated snakes embracing mysterious flowers People who are very exhausted, think at this time Exactly how many calories can be consumed in just one kiss Some people think that in the month of June’s unbearable heat Watery palms burst on both sides of their tongue And one or two of them, suffering the burning of the poison, which stung Like bees on the lips, removed it with their fingers
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For the rest of their lives, they remain covering their faces with hands And opening the front white paper, writing that story every night
AN EGYPTIAN FOLK TALE The Silk Road Literature Series 2021
