Yellow Mama E zine

A black cat in the glass

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by Partha Sarkar

 

 

A black cat in the glass

Follows a she-cat.

Water sprinkles.

The battleship shivers.

Free intercourse.

“Thud.” Something falls?

A ring finger waits for a ring.    

In the sky, there is the best man—the ghoul.  

The burning ground is ready

But the marriage is not.

 

          Partha Sarkar is a resident of Ichapur, a small town in the province of West Bengal of India. A graduate, he writes poems being inspired by the late Sankar Sarkar and his friends (especially Deb Kumar Khan) to protest against social injustice and crime against nature. His poems have been in different magazines, both in Bangla and in English. Once he believed in revolution, but now he is confused because of the obscurity of human beings, though he keeps the fire in his soul despite it.

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         Bernice Holtzman’s paintings and collages have appeared in shows at various venues in Manhattan, including the Back Fence in Greenwich Village, the Producer’s Club, the Black Door Gallery on W. 26th St., and one other place she can’t remember, but it was in a basement, and she was well received. She is the Assistant Art Director for Yellow Mama.