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My Work - PoetryThe Hypnotic BoxThe one-eyed snake glares at me.Its eye emits hypnotic rays. I freeze! All my being is anaesthetized. I do not sense the passage of time Whilst in front of me is the snake's eye— One eye, not two. * * * * * The eye of the snake commands me To immerse my head into the coloured box To plant my head among the teeth. I obey meekly They bite it They chew it The jaws swallow my head! Out of my neck grows a new head Full of the poisons of the snake. * * * * * With a hiss that eclipses all voices The fierce snake orders me To immerse in the box the heads of my children And the heads of all visitors. Everyone in the house obeys And time stands still. * * * * * This accursed beautiful box This box of colours Glares at me from every direction It multiplies like mushrooms and spreads like cancer And marshalls its offspring against me. * * * * * They say that the devil has two horns And in front of me two thin horns shine. Is this the devil himself? * * * * * This box swallows the heads of all people I wish that all weapons of the world Could be combined into one mighty axe To smite this box on the eye, On the horns, On the head! Dubai, 1982 |
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