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majnu
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0 posted 2004-04-12 02:25 AM



bemoaning our besmirched selves we
watch Donnie Darko and are amazed,
we read Orwell and are appalled,
but self appreciation reveals Lydia.

post-it pictures as veiled clues,
we each hide behind an inept rouse
protecting what would not matter anyhow.

extend after inverting the lines,
needles through batteries dripping,
pink erasers plow through our souls,
and other obscure idiocies,
i meant idioms,
no idiots,
none at all.

walk backwards during your retreat men –
maintain your honour in the face of death,
dulce et decorum ... the old lie,
write on man! right on!

and they fight for our ways and our lives,
but illya the recently arrived excommunicate asks:
where are the poets? where are the artists?
greenwich village    rodeo drive
X_____X towers       uptown
there are none out in the streets? or in the shops?
No.
where are the philosophers?
university departments   government think tanks   dead
this is freedom?
we do have a place.

-majnu
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Timid thoughts be not afraid. I am a Poet.

© Copyright 2004 Zaheer Abbas Ali - All Rights Reserved
bbent
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1 posted 2004-04-12 03:19 AM


although i might be clueless,i can't help but find encouragement and inspiration for the artist here..
enjoyed in my own bent way...long may you write on majnu.

Live like it's your last day...
Dance like nobody's watching...
Love like you've never been hurt...

Grover
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2 posted 2004-04-12 11:13 AM


Good write!
Midnitesun
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3 posted 2004-04-12 08:42 PM


Enjoyed this one, m'friend. Is the campus silent these days?
Enchantress
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Canada eh.
4 posted 2004-04-12 08:50 PM


Very much enjoyed the read...well done m'friend.
Hugs~

To have lived the dream of a love so true...
   is to have seen a glimpse of heaven.

passing shadows
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5 posted 2004-04-13 03:19 AM


often asked the same thing
majnu
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6 posted 2004-04-13 10:46 AM


thanks for your comments.

midnite: it is quite loud but unfortunately with the voices of shouting heads. they name rooms after compaq and hp now instead of einstein and heisenberg. there seems to be little honesty left, or at least those who are honest are silent.

-majnu
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Timid thoughts be not afraid. I am a Poet.

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