DOG-EXPERIENCE
Jayanta Bhattacharya
I stand at the window
and look outside…….
There are no leaves on the trees
and no waters in the soil
It’s a bleak and cheerless atmosphere
wherefrom I hear in the distance
a dog beginning to bark...
It barks and barks
and nothing can stop it barking...
I try to catch the scene
and in a flash of mind
get the ultimate phrasal signal:
The dog is protesting against
the limitations of dog-life
and saying in its barking:
Go to the edges and push -
the universe is waiting for you
to open a little more…