Subhankar Das- A Poem

Sending a cake virtually

I thought of baking a cake

for my friend and his old lady

with hash and pumpkin.

We had been talking and laughing

about this for days

and exchanging messages

about the amount of hash I should put

to make it kicking

and oscillating between present and future.

After making that cake

I took a bite

and saw the ants joining me in the party

freaking out jerking off their dreams

all over the table.

And soon I had nothing left to send

to that other planet where my friend lives.

Except those memories

of oscillation between

past present future

future present past.

Bio : Subhankar Das is a poet,  bookstore owner, and publisher of Bangla experimental material. He produced six short films that have been honored at international film festivals, and has translated the works Allen Ginsberg and Charles Bukowski in Bengali/