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Sunday, June 18, 2006

Memory and forgetting - H. Masud Taj

In relation to memory and forgetting Taj jogs my memory with another of his wonderful poems that send me into a labyrinth of squiggley thoughts like this one: "no bigness/ is big enough/ when you have/ fogotten/ how to forget."

ELEPHANT

Inarticulate
Blob of ink;
Nose and tail out of scale,
Ears that would be wings.
White tusks precede
The body’s darkness
Scanning eyes
Record the world.
Mind does not erase,
Does not overwrite;
Celebrates the excess
Of memory
With the memory
Of excess:

No bigness
Is big enough
When you have
Forgotten
How to forget.

- H. Masud Taj

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Blogger tayyabajafri said...

Hey !! Would you have Taj Masud's email id ? It'll be a big favor. Thanks .
My email id is tayyabajafri@gmail.com.

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