Two Poems: For All B and C Men
for heartbreakers out there
All B Men
1 apple + all apples = unnumbered^ inner reckless/outer ruby lips,
there B sends for ½ apple in the morning,
and the other ½ in the evening
at last 0^0 apples remain to eat—
rushing the road of the apple market anxiously.
*
Their wisdom*0 (up) ample to -24.
All B men are meek^ artless whims.
First B pretends anonymity.
Second B presents accommodation-al alliances
The final B struggles to collect his stuff—
*
even those dropped next to the exit door.
B eats mutton. B eats bacon.
B eats (vegetables)*fish+ beef.
B eats his laughter at the end.
B drinks Diet Pepsi.
*
B drinks milk and secretly (whisky)> to his belief.
B comes. B goes. B smiles. B avenges.
B starts the war for peace.
B finally dies.
B’s bodies freeze under the ground^88 -24.
*
All B will be forgotten forever.
Then B is born out of the B’s. All B like the air accumulates…
B numerous Men. Be notorious Men. Be factious Men.
*
Be symbolic Men. Be real Men, Be unreal Men,
B remain,
B men
till the end.
***
All C Men
The clean air and the sunshine of
California smells fresh Clementine.
She gets it
But he does not get it at all.
*
It must be blood
all C men presume.
Even the street-lights
Look up but C Men look down.
*
They pass each other.
They walk through one another,
C after C.
Gaze after gaze.
*
And their last desire
To reappear uninvited…
Carving pumpkins to carve,
And climbing mountains without ropes,
And sharpening pencils to draw in the air.
*
They start with breathing heavy,
as everyone’s hand is on his chores.
And all eyes must be following their eyes.
All C Men.
Weak.
Mean and Rootless.
Cool pretentious fighters.
And cold heart-lifters.
*
She thinks of C-Men,
They remain inside her.
She looks for them outside.
C-Men rise up with their titles.
*
They become presidents.
Businessmen.
Dramatists.
Fashion designers.
Entertainers.
And worst Professors,
or naked Models.
*
All C Men do nothing.
For sure,
still, she sees a C-Man does it all.
A Perfection.
*
Like the number 8,
With wider shoulders, bowed arms
And a thin curved waist.
Empty curves
Barren shoulders
*
I say silently,
Your time—
C has wasted over that one night.
Liberation must come after C Men
About the Creator
Parwana Fayyaz
I am an Afghan writer. Forty Names, my first collection of poetry, was published in 2021 and named a New Statesman Book of the Year and a White Review Book of the Year. I also translate both poetry and fiction from Persian into English.
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Comments (1)
Nicely done!