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No Other Choice

Quaid-Uz-Zaman 1954 (Jamalpur)

The volcano has erupted
                and                     
       lava gushed out.

      Don't get puzzled
                  or
               irritated
                   or
                   be
                agonised
               
rather you be calm and quiet
             and do the best
and
peel up not the    layers
                of onion
as you cannot hold the tears back
let  that  sleep in a delta level
and don't worry--
if it is  alive or dead.

(Quaid Uz Zaman,Station Road,Jamalpur)
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Submitted on October 01, 2020

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Scheme aBx xCxCda xxBxxxxdx c
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 488
Words 63
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 3, 6, 9, 1
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